Magic Eightball project

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#1

Hi guys, this is very frustrating. I managed to do the ‘switch’ code successfully, but I’m not sure why my ‘if’ and ‘else if’ conditionals are not producing a successful result. Any advice would be appreciated, please see below for code!

let userName = 'xx';

userName ? console.log(`Hello ${userName}!`) : console.log('Hello!');

const userQuestion = 'Will the dogs bark?';

console.log((`${userQuestion}`), (`${userName}`));

let randomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random() * 8);

let eightBall = '';

if (randomNumber === 0) {
  console.log(eightBall = 'Certain')
};

else if (randomNumber === 1) {
  console.log(eightBall = 'Decidedly so')
}

else if (randomNumber === 2) {
  console.log(eightBall = 'Hazy, try again')
}

else if (randomNumber === 3) {
  console.log(eightBall = 'Cannot predict now')
}

else if (randomNumber === 4) {
  console.log(eightBall = 'Do not count on it')
}

else if (randomNumber === 5) {
  console.log(eightBall = 'Sources say no')
}

else if (randomNumber === 6) {
  console.log(eightBall = 'Not good outlook')
}

else (randomNumber === 7) {
  console.log(eightBall ='Signs point to yes')
}

console.log(eightBall)
#2

you have a semi-colon here:


if (randomNumber === 0) {
  console.log(eightBall = 'Certain')
};

which interrupts the else ifs. So remove the semi-colon

and here:

else (randomNumber === 7) {
  console.log(eightBall ='Signs point to yes')
}

else can’t have a condition, given its everything else. So either: remove the condition or use else if, think about which is best

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#3

Thank you sir, both the above worked!