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Hi Hilary,

There are a few problems with the code you wrote, but you're in the correct way.

1. There's an 'if-statement- at the beginning which doesn't belog there.

   if (money >=10 || today ==="Friday")
   

   In addition to that it won't even run because there aren't any curly-braces ' { } '.

2. Your end result should be an alert function displaying the string "It's friday but I don't have enough money to go out."

Think of conditional statements like doors.

basic 'if-statement' :

if (condition) { 
 //Code block goes here
} else {
  // Otherwise execute this code block
}

In essence if the condition evaluates to 'true' then the 1st code block executes, otherwise the second code block executes. you can only enter 1 door at a time. never 2 doors at once.

'else-if, if-statement' :

  if (condition) {
  //Code block goes here  
} else if (2nd condition) {
  //2nd code block
} else {
  // 3rd code block
}

In this statement if the first condition fails, then you have the chance to test a different condition with 'else-if' statement. And it's a best practice to always at the end of 'if-statements' chain to provide an 'else' clause for fallback.

BACK TO THE QUESTION

You are asked to change the conditions for each statement until you reach the condition you want to execute.

var money = 9;
var today = 'Friday'
if ( money >= 100 || today === 'Friday' ) {
// The '&&' operator requires both conditions to evaluate to 'true' , the '||' requires only one.
// 'Today' is friday but our money is not >= 100, but again even if only one condition is true it will evaluate to 'true'
  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 ( 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.");
}

It will be much simpler to explain it in code, and shorter ;).

I gave you the right direction but unfortunately my morals won't allow me to give you the answer, you'll have to reach it alone, but if there's something you don't understand simply tag me Shay Paustovsky and i'll help you.

HAPPY CODING

Shay