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JavaScript JavaScript Basics Making Decisions in Your Code with Conditional Statements Use Multiple Conditions

Posted by Ulyssa Sneed
Ulyssa Sneed
8,894 Points

Stuck again? What could fix this tried, the && operator but nothin

script.js 
const money = 9;
const today = 'Friday'

if ( money > 10 || today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("Time to go to the theater.");    
} else if ( money >= 50 || today === 'Friday' ) {
  alert("Time for a movie and dinner.");    
} else if ( today === 'Friday' && money > 10 ) {
  alert("It's Friday, but I don't have enough money to go out.");   
} else {
  alert("This isn't Friday. I need to stay home.");
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <script src="script.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Bert Witzel
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Bert Witzel
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Bert Witzel
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Bert Witzel
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Hi Ulyssa, so the first conditions in your code are true because of the OR operator, they both have ( today === 'Friday' ) so they will pass. You have to make those conditions false (by using && because both clauses have to be true to pass with &&). Then look at ( today === 'Friday' && money > 10 ). Since you are using an AND operator both clauses have to be true, and right now one is not true, which is why it's not working. Make sense?

Ulyssa Sneed
Ulyssa Sneed
8,894 Points
Ulyssa Sneed
Ulyssa Sneed
8,894 Points

Perfect!! Just solved this issue by doing this exact step, thank u so much!!

Bert Witzel
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Bert Witzel
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Awesome! You're welcome :)