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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Add a Final Else Clause

Ricky Redman
Ricky Redman
7,520 Points
Posted by Ricky Redman
Ricky Redman
7,520 Points

trouble excecuting final else clause in this challenge

Add a final else clause to this conditional statement so that if the isAdmin variable and isStudent variables are both false an alert opens with the message "Who are you?"

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

if ( isAdmin ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator');
} else if (isStudent) {
    alert('Welcome student');
} else  ( isAdmin ) ( isStudent ) {alert ("Who are you?")}
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>

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! Remember, an if clause takes a condition and an else if takes a condition. An else statement has no condition. It is what runs when everything else fails. Removing the conditions beside your else causes the task to pass.

Hope this helps! :sparkles:

victor cooper
victor cooper
6,436 Points
victor cooper
victor cooper
6,436 Points

if else syntaxt is like this

if (/*condition to check*/) {
  //do if conditon is true
} else if (/*check diffrent condition*/) {
  // do if true
} else {
  // if no condition was true do this
}