How to use a conditional statement to test 2 numbers to see which is the larger inside an argument of a function?

Question

I'm not sure how to  use a conditional statement to test the 2 numbers to see which is the larger of the two.
The problem states: create a new function named max() which accepts two numbers as argument. the function should return the larger of the two numbers. you'll need to use a conditional statement to test the 2 numbers to see which is the larger of the two.
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Jason Anders · Accepted Answer

Hi micah,
With this challenge, first you need to create the function that takes in two arguments. So the challenge wants it named 'max,' so you would declare 'max' as a function. var max = function(one, two) {}
After that, you'll need to use an if statement to see which number passed in is greater. Basically you are telling the program that if one is greater than two, return one. And if two is greater than one, return two.
Overall, your code should look like this:
javascript
var max = function(one, two) {
  if (one > two) {
    return one;
  } else {
    return two;          //you only have two variable to compare, so an if/else is all you need
  }
}

Hope that helps clear things up. Keep Coding! :)

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How to use a conditional statement to test 2 numbers to see which is the larger inside an argument of a function?

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