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

Ricky Redman
Ricky Redman
7,520 Points
Posted by Ricky Redman
Ricky Redman
7,520 Points

I'm having a syntax error on this challenge?

Add a final else clause to this conditional statement so that if the isAdmin variable and isStudent variables 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(isAdmin  isStudent)  {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>
rigel hope
rigel hope
9,890 Points

check your placement of semicolons and brackets

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

A final "else" statement does not take a conditional expression (it will not have anything following it in parentheses).

It doesn't need one since it handles all cases not covered by the previous "if" chain.