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

Aleksandra Laska
Aleksandra Laska
5,343 Points
Posted by Aleksandra Laska
Aleksandra Laska
5,343 Points

What is wrong ?

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

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

1 Answer

Magnus Hållberg
Magnus Hållberg
17,232 Points
Magnus Hållberg
Magnus Hållberg
17,232 Points

These challenges are not always that good. In this case the alert string have to be precisely as as in the challenge description, so you need to remove the space in front of you question mark. You are also missing a semicolon at the end.