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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements A Basic If Statement

Posted by Chris Fulton
Chris Fulton
544 Points

Where is my error in this challenge

var isAdmin = true; var isStudent = false;

if(isAdmin===true) alert("Welcome administrator"); }

Not sure where i am messing up. Please help

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

if(isAdmin===true)
alert("Welcome administrator");
}
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>

1 Answer

Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
33,990 Points
Grace Kelly
Grace Kelly
33,990 Points

Hi Chris, you are simply missing an opening curly brace from your conditional statement, simply add it and it should work, like so:

if(isAdmin===true) { //add opening curly brace
alert("Welcome administrator");
}

Hope that helps!!