Invalid expression. Need help fixing my function.

I am new to all of this and cant figure out what it is I am doing wrong. I've been at this for sometime now and I've looked at a lot of reference material and still I have nothing working for me. What error have I made and how can it be fixed? I'm going braindead over here, please and thank you! I've underlined the current trouble spot.
function grade = lettergrade(score)
if score < 0 "OR" score > 100
grade = 'incorrect input';
elseif score <= 90 && score <= 100
grade = 'A';
elseif score >= 80 && score <= 90
grade = 'B';
elseif score >= 70 && score < 80
grade = 'C';
elseif score >= 60 && score < 70
grade = 'D';
elseif score < 60
grade = 'F';
end
Error: File: lettergrade.m Line: 2 Column: 19
Invalid expression. Check for missing multiplication operator, missing or unbalanced delimiters, or other syntax error. To construct matrices, use brackets instead of
parentheses.

 Accepted Answer

if score < 0 || score > 100

5 Comments

By the way, you do a lot of checking of both bounds, but you do not need to do that.
Suppose you were dealing with integers 1 to 9
if A>=7
that gets 7 8 9
elseif A>=5 && A<7
If you were starting with >= 5 then Yes, that would be 5 6 7 8 9 and in that case the < 7 would filter down to 5 6. But! The 7 8 9 was already consumed by the if before this, and only 1 to 6 are still "available" so you could just test >= 5
I swear I tryed that already. It sort of worked, I'm not getting any error messages anymore, but my letter grades don't match up with my score inputs.
Let me put it this way:
Switching to single boundaries like I described in my comment is also a good way to reduce the possibility that you have coded the pair of boundaries incorrectly.
I think I'm smellin what you're cooking. Thanks for the help.
Yep, everything is working as it should. Thanks!

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