I can't understand this question:- I typed { function max(a, b) { if(a > b) { return a; } }

Question

Can you help me with how can I return the number for this

script.js

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

}

Answer 1 · 2016-04-20T15:06:48Z

April 20, 2016 3:06pm

You are correctly doing the check but the only thing you are missing is what to do when b is larger than a so basically an else clause.

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

}

alert(max(1,2));

Answer 2 · 2016-04-20T15:19:31Z

April 20, 2016 3:19pm

Another way is this which is probably the better option than my first.

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

  return b; 


}

Also you can do this:

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


}

Answer 3 · 2016-04-20T15:11:27Z

April 20, 2016 3:11pm

function max(a, b) {
   var A;
  if(a > b) { A= a;}
   return A;
}

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