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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Making Decisions with Conditional Statements Booleans

Posted by Raedawn Long
Raedawn Long
6,943 Points

Do you have to add the true or false statement in conditional code?

my error message keeps asking for a true statement inside conditional statement?

script.js 
if (3>2) {
    alert('This is true');
} else {
    alert('This is false');
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,271 Points

The instructions say " Use the boolean value ..."; and while 3 is greater than 2, that's a comparison expression and not a boolean value.

The error message contains a hint: "Bummer: Did you add true inside the parentheses of the conditional statement?" — the hint is telling you exactly what it expects you to write there.