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let level = 0;
let usersName;
let path;

const getBotReply = (msg) => {

    if (level === 0) {
        level = 1;
        usersName = msg;
        return "Chur " + usersName + ". Do you live in Raglan?";
    }

    if (level === 1) {
        level = 2;
        if (msg === "yes") {
        path = "left-yes";
        return "Do you know how to surf?";
    }

        if (msg === "no") {
        path = "right-no";
        return "Are you from Auckland?";
    }
}

Basically I want it so that instead of typing yes or no. The user will type reset and it will return to "level 0"

I've tried:

    if (msg === "reset") {
    level = 0;
}
Eliot Robinson
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  • Do you have an example of the code you're trying that is not working? Use jsfiddle or codesandbox or something like them. – Earle Poole Oct 12 '21 at 03:12

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in this case, I believe it would be preferable to include a while loop.

while(msg === "reset"){level = 0};
Smit Gajera
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Joshua Mendoza
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  • Thank you. Where would you put it though in the scope? I want it so that at any point in my chat bot the user can type reset to go back to the beginning. – Eliot Robinson Oct 12 '21 at 04:16
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If you put your if-check for reset at the top then you have done it correctly, and you simply forgot a return in the solution you suggested?

If you don't include a return stament in the if-check the function will just continue, so it will run the next if check, which matches the level being 0 and it will assume that "reset" is the name of the user.

So if you include

if(msg === "reset"{
 level = 0
 return
}

It should work just fine, you can leave the return blank or include a message. I included a JS fiddle which is literally your code with the fixed if check: https://jsfiddle.net/5tu7c20n/

Wobbley
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