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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Add an Else If Clause

Kevin Bikhazi
Kevin Bikhazi
909 Points
Posted by Kevin Bikhazi
Kevin Bikhazi
909 Points

It's asking for something that's in the code already. I have no issue what the problem is.

var isAdmin = false; var isStudent = true;

if ( isAdmin ) { alert('Welcome administrator'); } else if ( isStudent) { alert('Welcome student.'); }

script.js 
var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

if ( isAdmin ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator');
} 
else if ( isStudent) {
  alert('Welcome student.');
}
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

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

The challenge checker is often extremely picky when it comes to text output, your string has to match the requested one to the letter.

Your message ends with a period, while the challenge checker's message does not. That is enough of a difference for it to not accept it. If you remove the period like this:

var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

if ( isAdmin ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator');
} 
else if ( isStudent) {
  alert('Welcome student');
}

Then your code will be accepted.