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James Reinhold
Courses Plus Student 306 PointsAm totally lost, Need help
This is the QUESTION
Check if each student has a GPA of 4.0. If the student has a GPA of 4.0, use the student name variable to replace NAME when displaying the following line: NAME made the Honor Roll If the students GPA is not equal to 4.0, use the student name variable to replace NAME AND the student GPA variable to replace STUDENT GPA when displaying the following line: NAME has a GPA of STUDENT GPA
This is the ERROR I get: You need to check that $studentOneGPA is equal to 4.0
<?php
$studentOneName = 'Dave';
$studentOneGPA = 3.8;
$studentTwoName = 'Treasure';
$studentTwoGPA = 4.0;
//Place your code below this comment
if ($studentOneGPA = 4.0){
echo "$studentOneName has a GPA of $studentOneGPA";
}else
{
echo "$studentTwoName made the honor Roll";
}
?>
2 Answers
Jonathan Rhodes
8,086 PointsIt wants you to make two conditionals here. One that checks if student one has made the honor roll, the other to check if student two has. You should have two if else blocks.
Matthew Bilz
15,829 PointsHi there,
You're juuuuust about there --- remember to use the double or triple equals sign to compare values/check if a variable is equal to a value. For instance:
if($studentOneGPA == 4.0) {
//execute code
}
if($studentOneGPA === 4.0) {
//execute code
}
Try that and see if the error still pops up.
Chris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 PointsChris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 PointsHm..unless I'm mistaken, I believe the problem is on this line:
if ($studentOneGPA = 4.0)This will assign the $studentOneGPA variable to 4, rather than evaluate the expression.
if ($studentOneGPA === 4.0)should be closer to what you want.