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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Add an Else If Clause

Posted by Dwayne Sauls
Dwayne Sauls
1,279 Points

I did everything according to the instructions asked

i added the elseif statement, yet it doesnt return my said value (false)

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

if ( isAdmin) {
    alert('Welcome administrator')
}
elseif(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>

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

Else If statements are not written as one word in Javascript, you have to write them as separate words, like this:

var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

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