Why is the javascript if else statement only register reading last else statement?

Question

The javascript if else statement I am using in LiveCycle is only reading the last else statement and won’t read or recognize the statements that come before it. If you can see what I am missing please help. Here is the code:

if (annualUsage.rawValue < 1,000,000) 
{
this.rawValue = annualUsage.rawValue * 0.1;
}
else if (annualUsage.rawValue >= 1,000,000 && annualUsage.rawValue < 10,000,000) 
{
this.rawValue = annualUsage.rawValue * 0.2;
}
else (annualUsage.rawValue >= 10,000,000) 
{
this.rawValue = annualUsage.rawValue * 0.05;
}

Banning · Answer 1 · 2013-07-19T21:23:16.810

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Take the commas out of your numbers? So like

if (annualUsage.rawValue < 1000000)

etc...
Also the last else statement doesn't get a condition so you can either remove the condition

else{

or turn it into an else if statement

else if(annualUsage.rawValue >= 10000000){

edited Jul 19 '13 at 21:23

answered Jul 19 '13 at 21:17

Banning

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Thanks, removing the comma and addressing the {} on the last statement allowed for the 1st and last statement to be recognized, but...the 2nd middle statement isn't being read? – Brooke Rogers Jul 19 '13 at 21:38
Did you remove the comma's from everything first? so all your numbers look like `1000000`? ... also try doing a `console.log(annualUsage.rawValue)` and see what the result is in firebug – Banning Jul 19 '13 at 21:53
yup it's not reading my (annualUsage.rawValue >= 1000000 && annualUsage.rawValue < 10000000) statement..any ideas? – Brooke Rogers Jul 19 '13 at 21:54
First try to `console.log(annualUsage.rawValue)` and see what that spits out because the rest of your statements look fine to me. – Banning Jul 19 '13 at 21:56
if says that annualUsage is not defined but the other statements work? – Brooke Rogers Jul 19 '13 at 21:58
LOL AWESOME I love stuff like that LOL... do you think you could put an example of this up on http://jsfiddle.net/ and get it to break? Then we could go from there. – Banning Jul 19 '13 at 22:00
I've never used jsfiddle.net does it work with pdf forms? I'm not seeing it. You can see a copy of the pdf here: http://c2intl.com/recquotesheet.pdf – Brooke Rogers Jul 19 '13 at 22:11
As you can see in this fiddle your code is correct http://jsfiddle.net/VsW45/ ... by changing the value of `annualUsage.rawValue` you can see teh different results. The issue lies in how that variable is being populated which may be another ticket/question you'll have to make on stackoverflower as this question pertaining to your javascript is `if/elseif` statements are correct. – Banning Jul 22 '13 at 13:36

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 19 '13 at 21:18

You're unintentionally misusing the the comma operator.

a, b will execute both a and b and evaluate to b.

Therefore, the value you're actually passing to the ifs is 000, which is falsy.

In addition, the parenthesized expression after the else becomes a statement (through ASI) which is the body of the else clause.
The { after it starts a normal code block which always executes.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 19 '13 at 21:19

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Remove the comma from the numbers :
```
if (annualUsage.rawValue < 1000000) 
```
Otherwise it evaluates to an expression with comma operator.

Even the last else needs to be corrected.

else  if(annualUsage.rawValue >= 10000000)

answered Jul 19 '13 at 21:19

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