---
id: 66458f0a05df478aa627629e
title: Step 82
challengeType: 1
dashedName: step-82
---

# --description--

The text is gone again! Empty strings evaluate to `false`, making them a <dfn>falsy value</dfn>. You will learn more about truthy and falsy values in future projects.

In addition to `if` statements, JavaScript also has <dfn>else if</dfn> statements. `else if` statements allow you to check multiple conditions in a single block of code.

Here is the syntax for an `else if` statement:

```js
if (condition1) {
  // code to run if condition1 is true
} else if (condition2) {
  // code to run if condition2 is true
} else if (condition3) {
  // code to run if condition3 is true
} 
```

If the first condition is `false`, JavaScript will check the next condition in the chain. If the second condition is `false`, JavaScript will check the third condition, and so on.

Below your `if` statement, add an `else if` statement that checks if `5` is less than `10`. Then inside the body of the `else if` statement, log the string `"5 is less than 10"` to the console.

Check the console to see the results.

# --hints--

You should have an `else if` statement.

```js
assert.match(__helpers.removeJSComments(code), /else\s+if\s*\(/);
```

Your `else if` statement should check if `5` is less than `10`.

```js
assert.match(__helpers.removeJSComments(code), /else\s+if\s*\(\s*5\s*<\s*10\s*\)/);
```

You should log the string `"5 is less than 10"` to the console.

```js
assert.match(__helpers.removeJSComments(code), /console\.log\(\s*('|"|`)5\s+is\s+less\s+than\s+10\1\s*\)/);
```

# --seed--

## --seed-contents--

```js
const character = "#";
const count = 8;
const rows = [];

function padRow(rowNumber, rowCount) {
  return " ".repeat(rowCount - rowNumber) + character.repeat(2 * rowNumber - 1) + " ".repeat(rowCount - rowNumber);
}

// TODO: use a different type of loop
/*for (let i = 1; i <= count; i++) {
  rows.push(padRow(i, count));
}*/

--fcc-editable-region--
if ("") {
  console.log("Condition is true");
}
--fcc-editable-region--

let result = ""

for (const row of rows) {
  result = result + "\n" + row;
}

console.log(result);
```