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

Jordan Leithner
Jordan Leithner
1,045 Points
Posted by Jordan Leithner
Jordan Leithner
1,045 Points

Why is my code working, but not correct?

My code is below: var isAdmin = false; var isStudent = true;

if ( isAdmin ) { alert("Welcome administrator") } else if (isStudent) { alert("Welcome student."); }

The alert box is popping us with "Welcome student.", but Treehouse says "I don't see the alert box with "Welcome student." Am I missing something in my code?

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>

1 Answer

Tree Casiano
Tree Casiano
16,436 Points
Tree Casiano
Tree Casiano
16,436 Points

Hi Jordan, You are missing a curly brace at the end of your else statement. (Maybe that's just a result of the cut-and-paste?) Also, you are missing a semi-colon after the if statement. Hope that helps!