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

Posted by Polo Moreno
Polo Moreno
11,782 Points

I don't understand this challenge can you help me please ?

this challegue say this 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 ( 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>
Michael Cane
Michael Cane
Courses Plus Student 4,878 Points
Michael Cane
Michael Cane
Courses Plus Student 4,878 Points

Hey Josue,

Don't worry if you didn't grab the answer on the first try. Keep it up.

Looking over your example there are two issues right now: The first is the usage of '||' instead of '&&', you want to see if you have the money and if it's Friday. '||' is the 'or', while '&&' is the 'and/also'. Second, if you look at the last "else if" the '!==' should actually be a '==='.

Switch those and see if your code works now.

Happy coding, Mike

4 Answers

Vittorio Somaschini
Vittorio Somaschini
33,371 Points
Vittorio Somaschini
Vittorio Somaschini
33,371 Points

Hello Josue.

The challenge wants you to change a few things in the whole code to actually have it work properly.

I guess you should NOT touch these lines:

var money = 9; var today = 'Friday'

But inside the if statement there are a few things that are not written correctly, so code is not working fine.

I would recommend you to have a look at the logical operators in the code and also focus on the last else if statement.

Let me know if you need more help please

;)

Vittorio

Nate Dunn
Nate Dunn
1,917 Points
Nate Dunn
Nate Dunn
1,917 Points

It is just asking you to fix the errors. If you are aware of the difference between && and || you will notice that the first conditional statement initially states that if money >= 100 OR today === Friday then that condition will run. Also the very last else if conditional statement doesn't match the alert text since != means not equal to.

This is what I entered:

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.");
}
Gaylen Miller
Gaylen Miller
19,286 Points
Gaylen Miller
Gaylen Miller
19,286 Points

The script is trying to set a series of conditions based on the amount of money and if the day of the week is Friday. But it is not actually implementing an and condition (&&), but an or condition (||). That should be fixed.

juan velasco
juan velasco
9,293 Points
juan velasco
juan velasco
9,293 Points

i just put it like this, i just remove the || for && and delete the !== and just let ==

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."); }

Amadou Sow
Amadou Sow
6,082 Points

That's all you need. Thank you!