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

Nathan Kim
Nathan Kim
3,837 Points
Posted by Nathan Kim
Nathan Kim
3,837 Points

Hello. I am currently stuck on this assignment, and I am unsure of what I am doing wrong.

I am unaware of what I am doing wrong. Help appreciated.

script.js 
function returnValue(words) {
  var echo = returnValue();
  return(words);
};

returnValue("Hello World");
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>

2 Answers

Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points
Ted Dunn
Ted Dunn
43,783 Points

The second part of the challenge instructs you to create a variable called echo AFTER the function returnValue, not inside of it. Then assign the result of calling the returnValue function (passing in a string as an argument) to the variable echo.

function returnValue(arg) {
  return arg;
};

var echo = returnValue("Hello");