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

Lucas Skinner
Lucas Skinner
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Posted by Lucas Skinner
Lucas Skinner
493 Points

Unexpected token `e` (10:2)

i don't under stand what this means

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' ); {
  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>

1 Answer

Travis Alstrand
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Travis Alstrand
Treehouse Project Reviewer
Travis Alstrand
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Travis Alstrand
Treehouse Project Reviewer

That is an odd error message, sorry about that. The issue is a random semi colon on line 8 after the closing of the condition. Removing that passes the challenge. 

} else if ( today === 'Friday' ); {