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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Create a max() Function

Posted by Maxym Ostafiichuk
Maxym Ostafiichuk
1,851 Points

Arguments and Conditioning is what i dont get. Help?

I did what it asked me to do which is the first step. However, I got stuck on the second step. Please explain what you can.

script.js 
function max(10, 20) {

}

2 Answers

johansundstrom
PLUS
johansundstrom
Courses Plus Student 3,007 Points
johansundstrom
johansundstrom
Courses Plus Student 3,007 Points

Replace "10" and "20" with a name e.g. "less" and "more". When invoking/calling the function with parameters, for example: "max(10,20)" the parameters are "stored" in "less" and "more".

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

What it wants you to do is to retrieve the largest of the 2 numbers based on what the numbers you specify are. You can do that by providing a conditional statement (an if statement). It'll check your arguments by comparing and returning the biggest number. :-)