# Problem with If/Else statement, Unexpected token if

**URL:** <https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/problem-with-if-else-statement-unexpected-token-if/232298>\
**Category:** Curriculum Help\
**Tags:** javascript\
**Created:** [October 8, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/problem-with-if-else-statement-unexpected-token-if/232298 "2018-10-08T02:43:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Wkredz1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wkredz1](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/Wkredz1)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 2:43am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/problem-with-if-else-statement-unexpected-token-if/232298/1 "2018-10-08T02:43:15Z")

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let raceNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() \* 1000);  
let registrationTime = True;  
let runnerAge = 20;

}

if (registrationTime && runnerAge \> 18)  
{ raceNumber += 1000  
}

if (runnerAge \> 18 && registrationTime)  
{  
console.log(‘You will race at 9:30am, your race number is: ${raceNumber}’)  
}

Getting an error that says

if (registrationTime && runnerAge \> 18)  
^^  
SyntaxError: Unexpected token if

What’s wrong with my code?

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**Author:** ![shimphillip](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/shimphillip/32/158663_2.png) [@shimphillip](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/shimphillip)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/problem-with-if-else-statement-unexpected-token-if/232298/2 "2018-10-08T02:45:40Z")

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You have a closing curly bracket before your if statement that has no match.

> [@Wkredz1](#):
>
> }
> 
> if (registrationTime && runnerAge \> 18)  
> { raceNumber += 1000  
> }

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**Author:** ![ILM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/freecodecamp/user_avatar/forum.freecodecamp.org/ilm/32/363239_2.png) [@ILM](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/u/ILM)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2021, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.freecodecamp.org/t/problem-with-if-else-statement-unexpected-token-if/232298/3 "2021-02-02T11:28:06Z")

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