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

Posted by Travis Roby
Travis Roby
7,793 Points

"It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out"

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 ( money < 9 || 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."); }

*** Need help getting past this one. ***

else if ( money < 9 || today === 'Friday' ) { alert("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 ( money < 9 || 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>
Dylan Glover
Dylan Glover
2,537 Points

It seems like you have a few operator issues. if your money = 9 and you want to trigger the event, the code should say "money <= 9" for if money is less than or equal to 9. You could also say < 10. Also you are using the || operator for OR when I believe it should be the && for AND, as in you don't have the money for a movie and it is also Friday (this should probably also go for your other answers as well) .

So, I think it should look like this: else if ( money <= 9 && today === 'Friday' ) { alert("It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out");

2 Answers

Tabatha Trahan
Tabatha Trahan
21,422 Points
Tabatha Trahan
Tabatha Trahan
21,422 Points

Change the logical OR operators to logical AND operators in the condition statements for the first three conditions. Because the variable today is set to Friday, and the first condition statement is joined by a logical or, it meets that condition and will execute the code within that block.

Travis Roby
Travis Roby
7,793 Points
Travis Roby
Travis Roby
7,793 Points

Thank you so much