"let sale = true", then "sale = false"?

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Hii, I’m currently doing the Codecademy “if…else” statement task - the code works fine, I’m just a little confused about one thing…

Why do I have to have to set let sale = true;, only to change it right after to “false”?

let sale = true;

sale = false;

I’ve gotten rid of sale = false; and it still works perfectly. Why do I need to set a value only to instantly change it?
Why can’t I make the sale false to begin with?

Thank you so much in advance! My brain is dying with this lol

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Hi there!

Are you talking about this lesson? If so, it’s to show you how the behavior works when the boolean value changes. :slight_smile:

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Thank you for responding! :slight_smile: I’m doing the Conditionals lesson - here’s the link::
https://www.codecademy.com/courses/introduction-to-javascript/lessons/control-flow/exercises/if-else-statements

Maybe the same concept is in the lesson you provided, I’m not sure - though your explination would make sense if that’s the case :sweat_smile:

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