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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Add a Final Else Clause

Karlo Vidovic
Karlo Vidovic
2,708 Points
Posted by Karlo Vidovic
Karlo Vidovic
2,708 Points

I think my code is correct but it says its wrong

Can someone show me what is wrong ...

script.js 
var isAdmin = 0;
var isStudent = 0;

if ( isAdmin === 1 ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator');
} else if (isStudent === 1) {
    alert('Welcome student');
}   else {
  alert('Who are you?');
}
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

stjarnan
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stjarnan
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stjarnan
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stjarnan
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 56,488 Points

Hi Karlo Vidovic,

The problem is that you changed the variables from false to 0, and the if/else clauses did not need to be changed as they checked for truthiness as they were. Does that help or do you need more information on where you went wrong?

Jonas