Use Conditional

[bele.2.89]

I can’t find the problem

function trueOrFalse(wasThatTrue) {

if(wasThatTrue); {

return "Yes, that was true";

}

return “No, that was false”;

// running tests

trueOrFalse(false)

should return the string

No, that was false

// tests completed

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Describe your issue in detail here.

  **Your code so far**

function trueOrFalse(wasThatTrue) {
if(wasThatTrue); {
  return "Yes, that was true";
}
return "No, that was false";
// Only change code below this line
}

// Only change code above this line

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Challenge: Use Conditional Logic with If Statements

Link to the challenge:

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[kevinSmith]

@bele.2.89

if(wasThatTrue); {

You have a semicolon (;) after the if condition. I think that is causing it to end the if there.

[lasjorg]

In your code, the semicolon ends the if statement. The next code to run is a code block with a return statement inside it.

It basically becomes this (afaik):

function trueOrFalse(wasThatTrue) {
  if(wasThatTrue);

  {
    return "Yes, that was true";
  }

  return "No, that was false";

}

This is also why you can run the function without passing an argument and still get the “truthy” return value.

trueOrFalse()
// 'Yes, that was true'

You can have code blocks not “attached” to anything, they will create a scope as well.

function codeBlockScope() {
  {
    const youCantGetMe = "I'm not where you are";
  }

  console.log(youCantGetMe); // Reference Error
}

codeBlockScope();