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

Posted by Tim McKyer
Tim McKyer
10,989 Points

Whats wrong with my code ?

Add a final else clause to this conditional statement so that if the isAdmin variable and the isStudent variable are both false an alert opens with the message 'who are you?'

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

if ( isAdmin ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator')
} else if (isStudent) {
    alert('Welcome student')
} else () { 
    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>
Tim McKyer
Tim McKyer
10,989 Points

I'm really just not sure how to write the variables isAdmin and isStudent in the first () after the if..

1 Answer

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi Timothy,

You have a couple of issues which are as follows:

  1. You have parentheses after the else keyword which are invalid, parentheses are only required for else if statements
  2. You simply don't have a question mark at the end of Who are you 
if (isAdmin) {
  alert('Welcome administrator');
} else if (isStudent) {
  alert('Welcome student');
} else { 
  alert('Who are you?');
}

Happy coding!

Tim McKyer
Tim McKyer
10,989 Points

Thanks for the assist again