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

Allison Kuehn
Allison Kuehn
10,772 Points
Posted by Allison Kuehn
Allison Kuehn
10,772 Points

Really struggling with this one, any guidance would be appreciated.

I set it up as a conditional statement, but have no idea what to put in the block code for the "if" and "else" statements.

script.js 
function max (5,10) {
  if {
    5=false;
  } else {
    10=true;
  }
}

max();
john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

If this doesn't make sense let me know, I can go through it line by line. What you did was clever but It looks like you were mixing in a few different concepts. They all get jumbled together sometimes. It will become clearer.

1 Answer

john larson
john larson
16,594 Points 
function max(a, b){
  if(a>b){
    return a;
  }else {
    return b;
  }
}
alert(max(5, 3));
Wesley Briney
Wesley Briney
4,254 Points

Thank you for your answer I was stuck on this as well.