Build a Logic Checker App - Step 13

JavaScript
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Tell us what’s happening:

Hi ,

I tried to set the timmAge declaration to less than 16
<16
but it just won’t accept it .

Am I meant to put 16 before the less than sign

Your code so far

const hasDeveloperJob = true;

if (hasDeveloperJob) {
  console.log("Timmy is employed as a developer.");
}

const isTimmyAGamer = false;

if (isTimmyAGamer) {
  console.log("Timmy loves to play World of Warcraft.");
}


// User Editable Region

const <16 = 18;

// User Editable Region


if (timmyAge >= 16) {
  console.log("Timmy is old enough to drive.");
} else {
  console.log("Timmy is not old enough to drive.");
}

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Challenge Information:

Build a Logic Checker App - Step 13

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const timmyAge = <16;

could it be this ?

3

You are mixing up operators a bit

Finally, change the declaration of timmyAge and set it to a number less than 16

To declare a variable you assign it a value generally. This is the assignment operator =. Currently it’s assigned to the number 18 (which is greater than 16)

const timmyAge = 18;

< is a comparison operator. It’s used to check if a value is less than, and returns a boolean (True or False.) You use this in the next line
if (timmyAge >= 16) {

Here’s your line of code const timmyAge = <16;

So what would the the value of timmyAge be here? What is it set to? It needs to be assigned a specific number.

More on this here: https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_operators.asp

4

i need to set it to a number less than 16,

Maybe, 15

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5

try and see what happens

6

omg, i was over complicating it,

why is it 15 and not less than or equal to 15 ?

whats the reasoning behind it being 15

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i changed the value of the variable and so it logs that timmy is not old enough to drive.

Thank you

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because at 16 you can get a driving licence in the USA, at 15 you can’t, and you can’t at any age below either, so any number that is 15 or below (any number that is less than 16) works here

you are testing with any number that makes timmyAge >= 16 false