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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Making Decisions in Your Code with Conditional Statements Write an 'if' Statement

John Fulstone
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John Fulstone
Courses Plus Student 762 Points
Posted by John Fulstone
John Fulstone
Courses Plus Student 762 Points

Create a conditional statement that tests if the isAdmin variable is true. If it's true, set the value of the message va

What's wrong?

const isAdmin = true; const isStudent = false; let message; if (isAdmin) { message = "Welcome admin";

script.js 
const isAdmin = true;
const isStudent = false;
let message;

if (isAdmin) {
 message = "Welcome admin".
}

2 Answers

Dane Parchment
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Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 Points
Dane Parchment
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 Points

Your code is correct you just copied over the period by mistake or accidentally used a period instead of a semi-colon

message = "Welcome admin".

should be

message = "Welcome admin";

John Fulstone
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John Fulstone
Courses Plus Student 762 Points
John Fulstone
John Fulstone
Courses Plus Student 762 Points

Thanks for your help. I caught that right after I posted the question. That one really made me feel dumb!

Dane Parchment
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 Points
Dane Parchment
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,077 Points

It happens, no need to feel dumb. I'm a professional software engineer, and I still do that a lot.