Thunderhooves Help! (Javascript)

I’ve pretty much tried everything I can. Please take a look at my code:

while(true) {
    var yak = hero.findNearestEnemy();
    if (yak) {
        if (yak.pos.y > hero.pos.y) {
            hero.buildXY("fence", yak.pos.x , yak.pos.y - 10);
        }
    } else {
            hero.buildXY("fence", yak.pos.x, yak.pos.y + 10);
    } else {
        hero.moveXY(hero.pos.x + 10, hero.pos.y
    }
}

Oh, how much i hate this way to format js …

while(true) {
    var yak = hero.findNearestEnemy();
    if (yak) {
        if (yak.pos.y > hero.pos.y) {
            hero.buildXY("fence", yak.pos.x , yak.pos.y - 10);
        } else {
            hero.buildXY("fence", yak.pos.x, yak.pos.y + 10);
        } // if yak is not at top it's at bottom, then close if (yak) logic with another }
     } else {  // no yak - go to the target
        hero.moveXY(hero.pos.x + 10, hero.pos.y  // you missed   );
    }
}
 // it can be formatted this way:
while(true) {
    var yak = hero.findYak();
    if (yak) {
        if (yak_is_top) 
            hero.buildBottom(); // if you have only one action after the condition 
        else 
            hero.buildTop();      // you can miss {}
    }
    else
        hero.moveToTarget();  // but this is not the right way to type js
}

rip. i kinda don’t see what I have to do. I closed the hero.moveXY(hero.pos.x + 10, hero.pos.y with the ); but… same message.

EXPECTED AN IDENTIFIER AND INSTEAD SAW ‘ELSE’

you must have this:

hero.moveXY(hero.pos.x + 10, hero.pos.y);

and the partial picture of all {} is this:
изображение :slight_smile:

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Hold up - You can nest else statements in if statements?

And I think its better if I show you a screenshot of what I did so far (following your advice :D)

You want to check if there is a yak. If there is a yak, then check where its position is. If it’s y is greater than your hero’s y, then build a fence 10m below the yak. If the yak’s y is less than your hero’s y position, then build a fence 10m above the yak. Else, there is no yak, move right 10m.

I’m really confused :thinking:

I’m pretty sure that’s what I did.

Can you try to explain this in more depth because I did this over a dozen times and I’m exhausted-

I know python so you would need to format it like this in python:

while True:
    yak = hero.findNearestEnemy()
    if yak:
        if yak.pos.y > hero.pos.y:
             #Build a fence below
        if yak.pos.y < hero.pos.y:
             #Build a fence above
    else: # There is no yak
        #Move right

Not 100% but I think JS would be:

while (true) {
    var yak = hero.findNearestEnemy()
    if (yak) {
        if (yak.pos.y > hero.pos.y) {
            //Build fence below
        }
        if (yak.pos.y < hero.pos.y) {
            //Build fence above
        }
    }
    else {
         //Move Right
    }
}

Just replace the comments with build and move statements.

I took a look at all the replies that tried to help me but I still can’t seem to figure it out… ;(

Could you show your current code again?

I don’t do js, but would it do anything if you did hero.moveXY(hero.pos.x, hero.pos.y + 10

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But that’s more python so it may do nothing.

That’s what I did but it would just say the same message…

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My code:

while (true) {
    var yak = hero.findNearestEnemy();
    if (yak) {
        if (yak.pos.y > hero.pos.y) {
            hero.buildXY("fence", yak.pos.x, yak.pos.y - 10);
        }
    } else {
        hero.buildXY("fence", yak.pos.x, yak.pos.y + 10);
    }
    {
        hero.moveXY(hero.pos.x + 10, hero.pos.y);
    }
}

In that case, you’ll need more experienced coders. (Who do js

why are you building a fence on the yak’s position if it doesn’t exist?

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So how do I fix this problem? ;(

@RenegadePenguin what do you mean by this??

I checked IF the yak existed then I think I did everything right after that…

I’ve tried so many ways to beat this, but I can’t :frowning:

I think you need to check the positioning of your else statement.