If–else statement in Javascript - Mini Project: Build & Apply

If-else statement

📖 Scenario: You are helping a small shop decide if a customer gets a discount based on their purchase amount.

🎯 Goal: Build a simple program that checks if the purchase amount is enough for a discount and shows the correct message.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a variable to store the purchase amount.

Create a variable to store the discount threshold.

Use an if-else statement to check if the purchase amount is greater than or equal to the discount threshold.

Print a message showing if the customer gets a discount or not.

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Stores often give discounts based on how much customers buy. This helps encourage bigger purchases.

💼 Career

Understanding if-else statements is important for making decisions in programs, like showing messages or calculating prices.

1

Create the purchase amount variable

Create a variable called purchaseAmount and set it to 120.

Javascript

// Your code here

Need a hint?

Use let to create the variable and assign the number 120.

2

Create the discount threshold variable

Create a variable called discountThreshold and set it to 100.

Javascript

let purchaseAmount = 120;
// Your code here

Need a hint?

Use let to create the variable and assign the number 100.

3

Write the if-else statement

Write an if statement that checks if purchaseAmount is greater than or equal to discountThreshold. Inside the if, create a variable called message and set it to "You get a discount!". In the else part, set message to "No discount this time.".

Javascript

let purchaseAmount = 120;
let discountThreshold = 100;
// Your code here

Need a hint?

Use if (purchaseAmount >= discountThreshold) to check the condition. Then assign the correct message inside each block.

4

Print the message

Write console.log(message) to print the message to the console.

Javascript

let purchaseAmount = 120;
let discountThreshold = 100;
let message;
if (purchaseAmount >= discountThreshold) {
    message = "You get a discount!";
} else {
    message = "No discount this time.";
}
// Your code here

Need a hint?

Use console.log(message) to show the message in the console.