Switch vs if comparison in Javascript - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to check the value of color using an if statement.

Javascript

if (color [1] 'red') {
  console.log('Color is red');
}

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A===

B!=

C=

D==

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using = instead of === causes assignment instead of comparison.

Using == can cause unexpected type coercion.

Use the strict equality operator === to compare values in JavaScript.

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medium

Complete the switch statement to handle the case when day is 'Monday'.

Javascript

switch(day) {
  case [1]:
    console.log('Start of the work week');
    break;
  default:
    console.log('Another day');
}

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A'Sunday'

B'Monday'

C'Friday'

D'Saturday'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Forgetting quotes around string case labels.

Using the wrong day string.

The case label must match the value you want to check, here 'Monday'.

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hard

Fix the error in the if-else statement to correctly check if score is greater than 50.

Javascript

if (score [1] 50) {
  console.log('Passed');
} else {
  console.log('Failed');
}

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A==

B<

C=

D>

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using = instead of > causes assignment, not comparison.

Using < checks the wrong condition.

Use > to check if score is greater than 50.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a switch statement that logs 'Weekend' for Saturday and Sunday.

Javascript

switch(day) {
  case [1]:
  case [2]:
    console.log('Weekend');
    break;
  default:
    console.log('Weekday');
}

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A'Saturday'

B'Monday'

C'Sunday'

D'Friday'

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using weekdays instead of weekend days.

Forgetting to include both weekend days.

Use 'Saturday' and 'Sunday' as case labels to group weekend days.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create an if-else chain that logs the correct message for fruit.

Javascript

if (fruit [1] 'apple') {
  console.log('Apple pie');
} else if (fruit [2] 'banana') {
  console.log('Banana smoothie');
} else {
  console.log([3]);
}

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A===

C'Unknown fruit'

D==

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using == instead of === can cause unexpected results.

Not using quotes around the string in the else block.

Use strict equality === for comparisons and a string for the default message.