Basic JavaScript: Golf Code I'm not sure why this code isn't working

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Tell us what’s happening:

I created the else if statements and probably did it right, but then I still can’t pass the test, so can anyone help me on how to fix it?

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var names = ["Hole-in-one!", "Eagle", "Birdie", "Par", "Bogey", "Double Bogey", "Go Home!"];
function golfScore(par, strokes) {
// Only change code below this line
if (strokes == 1) {
  return "Hole-in-one!"
} else if (strokes <= par - 2) {
  return "Eagle"
} else if (strokes par - 1) {
  return "Birdie"
} else if (strokes par) {
  return "Par"
} else if (strokes par + 1) {
  return "Bogey"
} else if (strokes par + 2) {
  return "Double Bogey"
} else {
  return "Go Home!"
}
// Only change code above this line
}

golfScore(5, 4);

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2

Halfway through you stop fully writing your conditions. strokes par - 1 is malformed.

3

What do I put there? I just put what shown on the table to the left.

4

strokes and par are numbers, what is it you expect strokes par - 1 to do?

What if we instead used numbers 5 4 - 1 what would this do and how would you use it in a condition?

if (strokes par - 1) try verbalizing this.

if someNumber someNumber minus one

That doesn’t really make any sense, where is the condition, what are you comparing?

If someNumber what? someNumber minus one

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Thank you for your great explanation!