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rahmiosmankacmaz
2,242 Pointsif ( a > b ) { alert ('a is greater than b') } else if ( a !> b ) { alert ('a is NOT greather than b') }
What's wrong here
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if ( a > b ) {
alert ('a is greater than b')
}
else if ( a !> b ) {
alert ('a is NOT greather than b')
}
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<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>
2 Answers
Drew Butcher
33,160 Pointsmy guess would be that you would want to say:
var a = 10;
var b = 20;
var c = 30;
if ( a > b ) {
alert ('a is greater than b')
}
else if ( !(a>b) ) {
alert ('a is NOT greather than b')
}
Does that work for you?
However, logically wise you could just use the ''else'' instead of else if; because, if a>b false then a is not great then b. Never the less if you want to use ''else if'' have have the condition checked I believe that should work for you.
rahmiosmankacmaz
2,242 PointsYes that works, thank you. Somehow it did not accept else if as a proper answer.
Geoff Parsons
11,679 Points"!>" is not a valid comparator, if you want the opposite of greater than you can just use less than. Obviously if you want to negate the expression for some reason you can use what Drew Butcher suggested above.