Bug in Basic JavaScript: Introducing Else If Statements lesson

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Tell us what’s happening:
So, it’s giving me an error unrelated to my code, an unexpected token when I try to run it. It looks like a spellcheck issue? It’s just a random space that spellcheck says is incorrect. It seems like a bug, unless my code is wrong anyway?

Your code so far


function testElseIf(val) {
if (val > 10) {
  return "Greater than 10";
} else if (val < 5) {
  return "Smaller than 5";
} else {
return "Between 5 and 10";
}

testElseIf(7);

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Challenge: Introducing Else If Statements

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You are missing a closing } for your function. Usually unexpected token means you’ve forgotten a bit of syntax.

Side note: This is why I always indent my function bodies so its easier to see this sort of mistake.

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“Unexpected token” almost always means that you’re missing a character: usually ", ', ), }, ] and sometimes ;. It means that there was a “token” (piece of syntax) before there should have been.

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