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cøffee _
6,444 PointsNot sure what I am doing wrong here:
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 < 10 || 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.");
}
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 < 10 || 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.");
}
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<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>
2 Answers
Chase Marchione
155,055 PointsHi cøffee _,
You'll want to edit this line:
} else if ( money < 10 || today !== 'Friday' ) {
to
} else if ( money < 10 && today === 'Friday' ) {
So that both the money and today variables are evaluated in that else if clause, and the compiler is checking if today is Friday rather than not. (Side note: you could technically get away with not checking for money in that statement, but it seems like the challenge, based on the instructions, would prefer you checked for it.)
Hope this helps!
cøffee _
6,444 PointsAh, thanks for the quick response CJ Marchione!
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsJason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsIt's easier to not check the money at all in the last else if condition. If you've reached that far then you know you don't have enough money and you only need to make sure that it's still Friday.
If you do include it then you run the unnecessary risk of having gaps in the money coverage. For instance, it's Friday and you have exactly 10 dollars. It's going to fall through to the else block.
If you're going to include it then it should be
money <= 10