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

Posted by Tom Girard
Tom Girard
2,772 Points

Issue completing challenge

On the Add a Final Else Clause challenge on Javascript basics I keep getting an Syntax error: Parse error response I can't figure out why, here is my code: var isAdmin = false; var isStudent = false;

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

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

if ( isAdmin = true ) {
    alert('Welcome administrator')
} else if ( isStudent = true ) {
    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>
Tom Girard
Tom Girard
2,772 Points

I have tried various methods and keep getting the same outcome

Tom Girard
Tom Girard
2,772 Points

Disregard - simplified my approach and it worked!

1 Answer

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

I was going to suggest removing the parentheses after the final else keyword :-)

Tom Girard
Tom Girard
2,772 Points

Thanks, yeah that's what I did, trying to put too much stuff in where its not needed!