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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Passing an Argument to a Function

Kaia Leigh
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Kaia Leigh
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Posted by Kaia Leigh
Kaia Leigh
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Challenge Task help

I don't get what value I'm supposed to be storing in the echo variable (see my code in progress below...)?

function returnValue(upper) { var echo = ; return upper; } returnValue("hi");

script.js 
function returnValue(upper) {
  var echo = ;
  return upper;
}
returnValue("hi");
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 Points
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
Carlos Federico Puebla Larregle
21,074 Points

This task is for you to understand that you can store a returned value from a function directly to a variable. In this case the "echo" variable. So you have to assign the returned value from the function "returnValue()" to you're recently created "echo" variable: You could do it like this:

function returnValue(upper) {
  return upper;
}

var echo = returnValue("Something in here");

I hope that helps a little bit.