if statement in javascript always true

Question

So, I have the code, its not done, but all i want it to do is display one alert box if I write the word 'help', and say something else if anything else is entered.

function prompter() {
var reply = prompt("This script is made to help you learn about new bands, to view more info, type help, otherwise, just click OK") 
if (reply === 'help' || 'Help')
  {
  alert("This script helps you find new bands. It was originally written in Python 3.0.1, using Komodo IDE, but was then manually translated into Javascript. Please answer the questions honestly. If you have no opinion on a question, merely press OK without typing anything.")
  }
else
  {
  alert("Press OK to continue")
  }
};

but, what happens, is no matter what, the first alert box pops up, even if you press cancel! How should I fix this???

Answer 1

if (reply === 'help' || 'Help')

should be:

if (reply === 'help' || reply === 'Help')

since 'Help' is "truthy" and so the first part of the if will always be entered.

Of course, even better would be to do a case-insensitive comparison:

if (reply.toLowerCase() === 'help')

Example: http://jsfiddle.net/qvEPe/

Answer 2

The problem is here:

if (reply === 'help' || 'Help') // <-- 'Help' evaluates to TRUE
                                //      so condition is always TRUE

The equality operator doesn't "distribute", try

if (reply === 'help' || reply === 'Help')