Prompt not storing value as String

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I'm working on an exercise but I'm not able to understand why my prompt is not being stored as a string and therefore can't be compared to my switch case

Any input returns false:

function getColor(selection) {
  switch (selection) {
    case 'red':
      return true;
    case 'green':
      return true;
    case 'blue':
      return true;
    default:
      return false; //returns false because the user picked an unavailable color
  }
}

var colorname = prompt('What color do you want?');
var isAvailable = getColor(colorname);

if (getColor === true) {
  console.log('Good news! That color is available');
} else {
  console.log('We are sorry, that color is not available');
}

I noticed the input is not being stored as a String as I tried to .toUpperCase the "colorname" var and it won't change to Upper Case.

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1 Answers

You are storing the result of getColor(colorname) in isAvailable variable and later instead of using that variable you are comparing the function name again.

change your if from if (getColor === true) to if (isAvailable) or if (isAvailable === true)

or one of these:

if(getColor(colorname) === true)

if(getColor(colorname))
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