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

Posted by Alonzo Delk
Alonzo Delk
6,991 Points

I can't seem to figure out if the i need the last two statements?

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

if (isAdmin = true) {
  console.log("isAdmin is true");
} else if (isStudent = false) {
  console.log("isStudent is false");
} else if (message) {
  console.log("Welcome Admin");
} else (message) {
  console.log("Welcome Student");
}

3 Answers

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points
Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points

Hi Alonzo!

This passes the whole series of challenges:

const isAdmin = false;
const isStudent = false;
let message;

if ( isAdmin ) {
  message = 'Welcome admin';
} else if ( isStudent ) {
  message = 'Welcome student';
} else {
  message = 'Access denied'; 
}

Keep in mind, that if ( isAdmin ) is logically/effectively the same as if (isAdmin == true) and is certainly easier to read,

And also 'isAdmin' and 'isStudent' are appropriate boolean variable names, and as such work really well as previously described.

I hope that helps.

Stay safe and happy coding!

Alonzo Delk
Alonzo Delk
6,991 Points
Alonzo Delk
Alonzo Delk
6,991 Points

Thank you and I continue to overread the question and making it seem more of a problem than it really is.

Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points
Peter Vann
Peter Vann
36,427 Points

No problem...sometimes fully understanding the goal of the challenge is not always easy to grasp from the text!?!

More info:

https://www.sitepoint.com/javascript-truthy-falsy/

I hope that helps.

Stay safe and happy coding!