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

Posted by Diego Acosta
Diego Acosta
926 Points

i do not understand what is the logical OR operator that is in this script, the way i have it already works, help??

I have the script working but hte advice on the practice problem says there is a logical OR operation and I dont know which one it is

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 >= 0 || 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

Tianni Myers
Tianni Myers
10,453 Points
Tianni Myers
Tianni Myers
10,453 Points

The || is the logical OR operator. For example using the code that you have provided:

} else if ( money >= 0 || today !== ‘Friday’ ) {  //  Think about it like this ( money >= 0 OR today !== ‘Friday’ )
  alert(“It’s Friday, but I don’t have enough money to go out”);  // This code is executed if either statements above is True
}