Could I please draw someone's attention to this matter?

JavaScript
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I hate to say it like this, but I really am not catching on to this challenge. Trying to piece it up so that I do not look at the answer… Could anyone shed light here, please?

I am having a hard time understanding how to interpret the chart that we are to use to implement the if statements but I just can not seem to piece it together. Again, I really would like to understand the logic (how to implement the if statements ( stroke === 4 && par === 3 ) the relation of this code to the chart that is provided in the challenge. Thanks in advance.

  **Your code so far**


var names = ["Hole-in-one!", "Eagle", "Birdie", "Par", "Bogey", "Double Bogey", "Go Home!"];
function golfScore(par, strokes) {
// Only change code below this line


return "Change Me";
// Only change code above this line
}

golfScore(5, 4);

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Challenge: Golf Code

Link to the challenge:

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What have you tried so far? Have you used if statements before?

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I actually have, and I am alright using counters and accessing [i] of a counter BUT for some reason I just can’t see to process the interpretation of the chart used to represent the data in the tutorial itself. As I said, I took a peek but I am not trying to get the answer but the logic to how to do it myself.

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Yeah, I had to turn my head a little bit when I first saw that chart.

It is trying to tell you that…

If strokes === 1, it is a hole in 1.

If strokes <= (par -2), it is an eagle.

…

Does that makes sense?

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Just to make it clear, I’m referring to the table in the challenge in www.freecodecamp.org that I am currently working on. The table that shows the strokes and the return or the classification based on scores " Eagle or Birdie " THAT TABLE. par + 1 , par + 3 stuff…

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You don’t have to worry about iteration in this case.
Each row on the table will correspond to an if statement, where you (usually) compare strokes to par.

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Ok! Yes, that! So, you’re saying …

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so,

else if( strokes >=  (par +3)){
return  "Go Home"; 
}

Would that be the right implementation to return “Go Home” ?

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Yeah, that’s the basic idea. There are more details to complete this, but that is what that table is trying to tell you.

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I’m trying to find the logic behind the if statement:
well, it just baffles me, so …

else if (strokes === (par)){
return "Par"; 
}

That there is mind-boggling but I’ll just keep moving forward. It just isn’t sticking right now but gotta move forward.

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In golf, a certain hole has a “par” or expected score. If your number of strokes is exactly equal to the par, then you’ve “made par”.

That there is mind-boggling

What, the mathematical logic or how golf works?

else if (strokes = (par)){

This shouldn’t actually work. You’ve used the assignment operator (=) instead of one of the comparison operators (== or ===).

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correction made. I understand that it has to be strictly equal. strictly.

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I’m gonna get on to the implementation. Let’s make it happen. Let’s get it to work.

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It would also work with the standard equality operator, ==, in this case. But we should be using strictly equal, ===, by default. The issue wasn’t that, it was that you were using the assignment operator, =, something entirely different.

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Good. See what you come up with. If you run into trouble, ask away, but please include your code so we can guide you.

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Thanks man. I am very grateful for the support that I’ve found here. Indeed I am .

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I actually was not using the assignment operator man, I just could not figure out what you shared with me. That what I asked you if my interpretation was adequate => that =>

else if (strokes === (par)){
return "Par"; 
}
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You did post some code where you were using =.

I’m not sure why you put the ()s around par?

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Well, I was under the impression that we should. How are you referring me to do it?

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I used extra parentheses when I posted:

If strokes <= (par -2) , it is an eagle.

I did it for clarity, but they aren’t needed. They especially aren’t needed if it is just a number.