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

Posted by Tyler Mauldin
Tyler Mauldin
1,468 Points

Having difficulty putting together a function with a conditional statement.

I don't know if I am on the right steps on this question or not but I am pretty stumped as to where to go next.

script.js 
function max ( 1,2 ){

}

if (1 < 2) { 
  return true;
} else {
  return false;
}

1 Answer

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hi Tyler, You are on the right track, but the challenge want you to pass in arguments and return the larger of the two. You are returning a boolean value. So, your structure and syntax is correct, you just need to change some values and variables. And the conditional statement needs to be inside the function.

function max (a, b){
  if (a > b) { 
    return a;
  } else {
    return b;
  }
}

When you call the function and put in the number arguments, the conditional statement will compare the 2 numbers and return the one that is larger. eg. a = 5 and b = 6... the "IF" part will return false, so it will move on to the "ELSE" part which evaluates to True and therefore will return b (or in this case 6).

I hope that helps you. Keep Coding! :)