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sarah shelden
8,332 Pointssyntax error
Add a conditional statement that tests to see if the isAdmin variable is true. If it is then open an alert with the message "Welcome administrator".
I am not sure what i am missing?
var isAdmin = true;
var isStudent = false;
if (true)
{ prompt ("Welcome administrator") ;
<!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>
2 Answers
Trent Stenoien
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 21,632 Pointsvar isAdmin = true;
var isStudent = false;
// Changed true to 'isAdmin' and added an ending curly brace '}'
if (isAdmin) { prompt ("Welcome administrator") };
If statements will execute if the expression within the parenthesis returns 'true'. Therefore "if (true) { ... }" will always execute in the same way that "if (false) ....." never will. Replace with "if (isAdmin === true) ..." or simply "if (isAdmin) ..."
Finally, you are getting a syntax error because you forgot to close the curly braces { }. It's an easy thing to forget, but will stop your code in its tracks. Personally, I try to close them as soon as I open them, then go back to enter my code in between.
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 PointsYour code doesn't check isAdmin variable and you forget } at the end again.