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

Posted by Donald Beaudin
Donald Beaudin
4,461 Points

Help me with this.

help

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 ( 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>

1 Answer

Craig Campbell
Craig Campbell
14,428 Points
Craig Campbell
Craig Campbell
14,428 Points

Well, ONLY the first if block runs becuase you have an "or" in there (|| means or). So while you don't have more than 100 money, it is still Friday. Thus that || today === Friday bit is true and so it runs that code WITHOUT going on to the next else. So you get "Time to go to the Theater".

You would want to replace "or" (||) with "and" (&&) in all cases. Then it will run the way you would want. :) That is, you would get "It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out" (unless you change your money amount or what day it is).

Donald Beaudin
Donald Beaudin
4,461 Points

thank you so much cant believe i did not see that