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

Michael L
Michael L
2,482 Points
Posted by Michael L
Michael L
2,482 Points

What is causing this "Unexpected token { error" ?

Hello, I debugged a few parts of my code, but this error seems to persist. (Trying to debug using Chrome Developer Tools / Console.)

This is the error I receive: Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token {

This is the "Scoring" part of the code, Chrome says the error is on the first line - can you please suggest what exactly could be wrong?

If (NumberCorrect === '5') {
   alert('Congratulations, you answered all questions correctly and received a Gold Medal!');
 } else if (NumberCorrect === '4' || NumberCorrect === '3'){
      alert('Congratulations, you received a Silver Medal!');
 } else if (NumberCorrect === '2'){
      alert('You received a Bronze Medal!');
 } else {
      alert('You did not receive any medals');           
 }

Thank you in advance!

2 Answers

Raouf Tiliouine
Raouf Tiliouine
15,192 Points
Raouf Tiliouine
Raouf Tiliouine
15,192 Points

Hi Michael,

Simple. Just change the 'If' to 'if' (notice the capitalization). It is case sensitive.

Michael L
Michael L
2,482 Points
Michael L
Michael L
2,482 Points

Thank you Raouf - that helps!

I also found that I forgot a couple of closing curly braces in the previous section of code (that I did not paste here).