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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Super Conditional Challenge

Posted by zabe sangary
zabe sangary
2,657 Points

Conditional (operators)

Something's wrong with this script. The value in the variable money is only 9. But if you preview this script you'll see the "Time to go to the theater" message. Fix this script so that it correctly tests the money and today variables and prints out the proper alert message: "It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out"

script.js 
var money = 9;
var today = 'Friday'

if ( money >= 100 && today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("Time to go to the theater");    
} else if ( money >= 50 && today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("Time for a movie and dinner");    
} else if ( money > 10 && today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("Time for a movie");   
}  else if ( money !== 9 || today === 'Friday' )  {
  alert("It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out");   
} else {
  alert("This isn't Friday. I need to stay home.");
}
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>

2 Answers

eck
eck
43,038 Points
eck
eck
43,038 Points

You are almost correct, but you have added an extra condition to one of your else if statements.

// money !== 9 is neither needed or the correct logic.
else if ( money !== 9 || today === 'Friday' )  {
  alert("It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out");   
}

// Try changing the statement to this!
else if (today === 'Friday' )  {
  alert("It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out");   
}
zabe sangary
zabe sangary
2,657 Points

if ( money >= 100 && today === 'Friday' ) { alert("Time to go to the theater"); } else if ( money >= 50 && today === 'Friday' ) { alert("Time for a movie and dinner"); } else if ( money > 10 && today === 'Friday' ) { alert("Time for a movie"); } else if ( today === 'Friday' ) { alert("It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out"); } else { alert("This isn't Friday. I need to stay home."); }

Didn't work it is asking for the money variable

eck
eck
43,038 Points

Don't forget to include the following code:

var money = 9;
var today = 'Friday'

This needs to be before you if statements.

eck
eck
43,038 Points

The final code will look like this:

var money = 9;
var today = 'Friday'

if ( money >= 100 && today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("Time to go to the theater");    
} else if ( money >= 50 && today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("Time for a movie and dinner");    
} else if ( money > 10 && today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("Time for a movie");   
}  else if ( today === 'Friday' )  {
  alert("It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out");   
} else {
  alert("This isn't Friday. I need to stay home.");
}
zabe sangary
zabe sangary
2,657 Points
zabe sangary
zabe sangary
2,657 Points

@ Erick Krieg sorry! yes of course totally forgot the variables! appreciated thanks!

eck
eck
43,038 Points

Np! :D