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Vanessa Solymosi
1,372 PointsExercice with function and condition statement
I begin and I am blocked with this exercice :-( Create a new function named max which accepts two numbers as arguments (you can name the arguments, whatever you would like). The function should return the larger of the two numbers.
HINT: You'll need to use a conditional statement to test the 2 parameters to see which is the larger of the two.
function max(1, 2) {
if (2 > 1) {
var larger = 2;
};
return larger;
}
2 Answers
Dave Harker
Courses Plus Student 15,510 PointsHi Vanessa,
I suspect it is because you're passing in two integers directly instead of arguments as the task wanted. Try something like this perhaps:
function max(numberOne, numberTwo) {
if( numberOne > numberTwo) return numberOne;
else return numberTwo;
}
Another issue is that 1 could never be returned in your code, only 2 (assuming they could be passed that way). To get that code working you might change it to something like:
function max(num1, num2) {
var larger = num1; // define/assume num1 is larger initially
if (num2 > num1) {
larger = num2; // if num2 is larger then assign it to the 'larger' variable
};
return larger;
}
Great effort though. Keep going!
Dave.
Vanessa Solymosi
1,372 PointsThanks a lot Dave, it works !