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

Posted by Rustam Ilyassov
Rustam Ilyassov
5,496 Points

How do we insert conditional statement inside the function?

Could somebody please help with this task? as Im not quite sure how do you insert a conditional statement within the function?

script.js 
function max (numberOne, numberTwo) {
  if (numberOne === max) {
      console.log =  "Max number is " + numberOne;
     } else if {
     (numberTwo === max) { 
       console.log = "Max number is " + numberTwo;
     }
}

1 Answer

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

Hi Rustam Ilyassov,

You have already included a conditional statement. An if ... else statement is a conditional.

What you need to do in the challenge is compare the 2 numbers passed to the function and return whichever one is bigger.

In pseudo-code this could be written as:

function max(a, b) {
  // if a is greater than b
    // return a
  // else
    // return b
}

I hope that helps. :)