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

Posted by Cameron Gates
Cameron Gates
3,821 Points

Final JS Basics Conditional Challenge problem

The index.html is displaying the correct message, but Treehouse keeps telling me that something is wrong with my logical OR symbols. Can someone explain to me what is wrong with my code? Thanks!

script.js 
var money = 9;
var today = 'Friday'

if ( money >= 100 && today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("Time to go to the theater");    
} else if ( money > 50 && today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("Time for a movie and dinner");    
} else if ( money > 10 && today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("Time for a movie");   
} else if ( money < 10 || today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out");   
} else {
  alert("This isn't Friday. I need to stay home.");
}
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

Anjali Pasupathy
Anjali Pasupathy
28,883 Points
Anjali Pasupathy
Anjali Pasupathy
28,883 Points

You need to change that logical OR to a logical AND. The way you have your code written, the alert saying "It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out" runs if money < 10, whether or not it's actually Friday. You want that code to run when money < 10 AND it's Friday, since the else statement is suppose to cover all cases in which it isn't Friday.

// YOUR CODE BEFORE
} else if ( money < 10 && today === 'Friday' ) {
// YOUR CODE AFTER

I hope this helps!

Cameron Gates
Cameron Gates
3,821 Points

Thanks, man! :)