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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Add a Final Else Clause

Daniel Dos Reis
Daniel Dos Reis
3,845 Points
Posted by Daniel Dos Reis
Daniel Dos Reis
3,845 Points

trying to combine conditions with && but not working

var isAdmin = false; var isStudent = false;

if ( isAdmin ) { alert('Welcome administrator'); } else if (isStudent) { alert('Welcome student'); } else ( isAdmin && isStudent = false ) { alert('Who are you?'); }

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

if ( isAdmin ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator');
} else if (isStudent) {
    alert('Welcome student');
} else ( isAdmin && isStudent = false ) {
    alert('Who are you?');
}
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

Tsenko Aleksiev
Tsenko Aleksiev
3,819 Points
Tsenko Aleksiev
Tsenko Aleksiev
3,819 Points

You can't use conditional operator like that I mean this && this = false. The structure is this > 10 && this > 10. I mean both sides left and right of the logical operator must have condition tocheck if it's true or not after that the conditional operator check's the results if both are true than the whole expretion is true and so on. One more thing you check if something is equal to something with '==' and '===' operators, with the '=' you only asign values remember that. Hope you got it :)

Tsenko Aleksiev
Tsenko Aleksiev
3,819 Points
Tsenko Aleksiev
Tsenko Aleksiev
3,819 Points

Did it work as I told you?

Daniel Dos Reis
Daniel Dos Reis
3,845 Points
Daniel Dos Reis
Daniel Dos Reis
3,845 Points

Thank you so much, that makes perfect sense. And after testing it, WORKED PERFECTLY!. Thanks for the help.