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

Robert Cate
Robert Cate
7,911 Points
Posted by Robert Cate
Robert Cate
7,911 Points

Looking for help on Else If statement for JS.

I'm getting the alert popping up in my browser; but, It says that it isn't receiving an alert message...

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

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

2 Answers

Tushar Singh
PLUS
Tushar Singh
Courses Plus Student 8,692 Points
Tushar Singh
Tushar Singh
Courses Plus Student 8,692 Points

You are doing everything right, just a little silly mistake :wink:

It should be a lower-case "s" in student.

var isAdmin = false;
var isStudent = true;

if ( isAdmin ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator')
} else if ( isStudent) {
  alert('Welcome student')  // notice the lower-case "s"
}