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

mark mackay
mark mackay
1,084 Points
Posted by mark mackay
mark mackay
1,084 Points

I keep getting "Looks like task 1 is no longer working". even though task 1 was correct.

function returnValue(str) { return str; }

script.js 
function returnValue(str) {
   return str;
}
var echo = returnValue(ballas);
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>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,072 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,072 Points

:point_right: That error message is a bit misleading, you probably should have gotten this one:

Bummer! It doesn't look like you passed a string (characters inside quote marks) to the returnValue() method like this: returnValue("hello").

mark mackay
mark mackay
1,084 Points
mark mackay
mark mackay
1,084 Points

Ill try that, thanks!