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

Posted by Cam MacPhail
Cam MacPhail
831 Points

I'm having some trouble with this challenge, and not sure what's wrong with my code.

function max(num1, num2){ if (num1 > num2){ console.log(num1); } else{ console.log(num2); } } max(5,7);

1 Answer

Rune Rapley-Møller
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Rune Rapley-Møller
Courses Plus Student 24,411 Points
Rune Rapley-Møller
Rune Rapley-Møller
Courses Plus Student 24,411 Points

It probably fails because you shouldn't have numbers in parentheses inside functions in Javascript.

try this:

function max(num1, num2) {
  if (num1 > num2) {
    return num1; 
  }
  else{
    return num2;
  }
}