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

Posted by Judy Mosley
Judy Mosley
11,910 Points

Stuck on JavaScript Code Challenge. What am I doing wrong?

The challenge is: Create a new function named max() which accepts two numbers as arguments. 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.

Hello! I am going through my notes but I am stuck on this code challenge. What am I doing wrong?

script.js 
var bigNum = (9);
var smallNum = (5);
function max( bigNum, smallNum) {
  if (bigNum === true) {
  return (bigNum);
  }
}

2 Answers

Eric Buchmann
Eric Buchmann
15,080 Points

You're missing the part where you compare the two numbers to see which is bigger. Right now you're just checking to see if bigNum === true. Try something like this:

var bigNum = (9);
var smallNum = (5);
function max( bigNum, smallNum) {
  if (bigNum > smallNum) {
   return bigNum;
  } else {
   return smallNum;
  }
}
greggv
greggv
Courses Plus Student 16,120 Points

thanks, Eric (and OP), helped me out as well.

Judy Mosley
Judy Mosley
11,910 Points
Judy Mosley
Judy Mosley
11,910 Points

Thank you Eric. I had returned to the challenge and wrote a whole new code and it worked. You're right. I hadn't used the 'else'. This is what finally worked.

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

but, now I'm having trouble on the second question. Ugh. Thank you for your quick response!!