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SyntaxError: expected expression, got keyword 'else'

Altcademy Team wrote on 7 February 2018

source: https://discuss.codecademy.com/t/syntaxerror-expected-expression-got-keyword-else/47434

If (computerChoice <= 0.33) {
  computerChoice = "rock";
} else if (computerChoice < 0.67) {
  computerChoice = "paper";
} else {
  computerChoice = "scissors"; 
}

I would appreciate it if some one could pint out what I am missing here. thanks

Answer

Should use lowercase if (not If) for all conditional (if...else statements).

This should work

var computerChoice;
if (computerChoice <= 0.33) {
  computerChoice = "rock";
} else if (computerChoice < 0.67) {
  computerChoice = "paper"; 
} else {
  computerChoice = "scissors"; 
}

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