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Mark Scott
6,482 PointsHaving trouble storing the value in the variable echo
function returnValue(mark){
return mark;
var echo = returnValue('mark');
}
function returnValue(mark){
return mark;
var echo = returnValue('mark');
}
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<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
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1 Answer
Dale Severude
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 71,350 PointsHi Mark, The variable that stores a value needs to be declared outside of the function, since it is actually calling the function.
function returnValue(mark){
return mark;
}
var echo = returnValue('mark');