Add an else if clause that tests to see if the isStudent variable is true. If it is then open an alert dialog with the m

Question

I add the else if clause like so :

else if ( isStudent) { alert("Welcome student."); }

and the alert window pops up and says " Welcome student." However, I am not passing..the error message reads: Hm....Im not seeing the message "Welcome student."

script.js

var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

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

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>

Answer 1 · 2016-11-21T06:50:40Z

November 21, 2016 6:50am

The challenges can be picky about things like literal strings.

The challenge asked for a message showing "Welcome student", but your message is "Welcome student." note the added punctuation.

Just remove the unexpected period and you should pass the challenge.

Answer 2 · 2019-02-21T10:02:08Z

February 21, 2019 10:02am

I got the same problem, and it's work ok in a preview, but I still get a bug:

var isAdmin = false; var isStudent = true;

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

Any ideas why?

Answer 3 · 2020-04-20T13:24:59Z

April 20, 2020 1:24pm

Same here. I am not able to pass this task using: const isAdmin = false; const isStudent = true;

if (isAdmin) { alert('Welcome Administrator') } else if (isStudent) { alert ('Welcome Student'); }

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Add an else if clause that tests to see if the isStudent variable is true. If it is then open an alert dialog with the m

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The challenges can be picky about things like literal strings.

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