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

Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points
Posted by Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points

Not sure why this isn't working and showing 'Welcome student' in alert message...

var isAdmin = false; var isStudent = true;

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

any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points
Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points

Thanks so much - Got it now!

4 Answers

rdaniels
rdaniels
27,258 Points
rdaniels
rdaniels
27,258 Points

This code passed in Chrome...

var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

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

Hope this helped!

Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points
Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points

Thanks for chiming in!!!

Faraz Hasan
Faraz Hasan
4,596 Points
Faraz Hasan
Faraz Hasan
4,596 Points

also you can write your code with the black background if you write 3 backticks (```) surrounding it!! I just learnt that the other day....click Markdown Cheatsheet below the answer box to check other syntax examples!!

e.g (without space between backticks - btw backticks on my mac are next to the shift key on the left of the keyboard on same key as ~):

'' ' CODE GOES HERE '' '

Mike West
Mike West
9,163 Points
Mike West
Mike West
9,163 Points

Jon-

I just ran it in the Chrome console and it worked and provided the correct alert. Are you using Firefox or a different browser? I was using Firefox when I first started and I often wouldn't get alerts. I've switched over to Chrome for all dev work and have no longer had that issue.

Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points
Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points

Hi Mike - Think I'm going to follow your suggestion. Thank You!!!!

mkmk
mkmk
15,897 Points
mkmk
mkmk
15,897 Points

Use 2 equal signs == for comparisons and one equals = for assignments.

Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points
Yohan Aton
Yohan Aton
1,738 Points

Yup... somehow missed that... Thank You!!!