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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Add an Else If Clause

Posted by Brandon Labine
Brandon Labine
1,060 Points

adding else if clause to test if "isStudent" is true then display alert dialog. keep getting syntax error? help

tried everything, cant seem to get passed this one. please advise.

script.js 
var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

if (isAdmin) {
    alert('Welcome administrator');
} esle if (isStudent) {alert('Welcome student');
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Brandon Labine
Brandon Labine
1,060 Points

wow (facepalm) never mind i figured it out.

1 Answer

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Hi branding everything is fine with your code. except the spelling of the else. you might have made a typo. I hope this helps