freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/en/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-javascript/logical-order-in-if-else-statements.en.md

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id: 5690307fddb111c6084545d7
title: Logical Order in If Else Statements
challengeType: 1
---

## Description
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Order is important in <code>if</code>, <code>else if</code> statements.
The function is executed from top to bottom so you will want to be careful of what statement comes first.
Take these two functions as an example.
Here's the first:
<blockquote>function foo(x) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;if (x < 1) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return "Less than one";<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;} else if (x < 2) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return "Less than two";<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;} else {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return "Greater than or equal to two";<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;}<br>}</blockquote>
And the second just switches the order of the statements:
<blockquote>function bar(x) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;if (x < 2) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return "Less than two";<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;} else if (x < 1) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return "Less than one";<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;} else {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return "Greater than or equal to two";<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;}<br>}</blockquote>
While these two functions look nearly identical if we pass a number to both we get different outputs.
<blockquote>foo(0) // "Less than one"<br>bar(0) // "Less than two"</blockquote>
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## Instructions
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Change the order of logic in the function so that it will return the correct statements in all cases.
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## Tests
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```yml
- text: <code>orderMyLogic(4)</code> should return "Less than 5"
  testString: 'assert(orderMyLogic(4) === "Less than 5", ''<code>orderMyLogic(4)</code> should return "Less than 5"'');'
- text: <code>orderMyLogic(6)</code> should return "Less than 10"
  testString: 'assert(orderMyLogic(6) === "Less than 10", ''<code>orderMyLogic(6)</code> should return "Less than 10"'');'
- text: <code>orderMyLogic(11)</code> should return "Greater than or equal to 10"
  testString: 'assert(orderMyLogic(11) === "Greater than or equal to 10", ''<code>orderMyLogic(11)</code> should return "Greater than or equal to 10"'');'

```

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## Challenge Seed
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<div id='js-seed'>

```js
function orderMyLogic(val) {
  if (val < 10) {
    return "Less than 10";
  } else if (val < 5) {
    return "Less than 5";
  } else {
    return "Greater than or equal to 10";
  }
}

// Change this value to test
orderMyLogic(7);
```

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## Solution
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```js
function orderMyLogic(val) {
  if(val < 5) {
    return "Less than 5";            
  } else if (val < 10) {
    return "Less than 10";
  } else {
    return "Greater than or equal to 10";
  }
}
```

</section>