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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Using Comparison Operators

Dragomir Suzana
Dragomir Suzana
5,256 Points
Posted by Dragomir Suzana
Dragomir Suzana
5,256 Points

I dont know how to fix this. The answer is "SyntaxError: Parse error"

What did i write wrong?

script.js 
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;

if ( a > b ) {alert('a is greater than b');}
else(a < b) {alert('a is not greater than b');}
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

don graham
don graham
13,789 Points
don graham
don graham
13,789 Points

The problem is in your last statement. Remove the conditional test from your else block and change it to an "else if" condition. 

if (condition) {
 /// code
} else if (condition) {
  /// code
}

Moderator Edit: Added Language to Markdown for syntax highlighting. Also moved response from Comment to Answer section.