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

Micah Smith
Micah Smith
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Posted by Micah Smith
Micah Smith
5,510 Points

What am I missing?

In the previous video Dave said this was possible yet it's not accepted, can anyone tell me why exactly?

script.js 
function returnValue( quantumNumber ){
  return quantumNumber;
}
var echo = returnValue();
returnValue("What sort of number is it?" );
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

Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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Brendan Whiting
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You need to do it all in the same line.

var echo = returnValue("What sort of number is it?");

In your version, the function was defined as taking a parameter, but when you call the function and put its result into "echo", there's no string inside the parentheses so it will return nothing. Then on the next line you called the function properly with a string, but the result doesn't go into anything.

Micah Smith
Micah Smith
5,510 Points
Micah Smith
Micah Smith
5,510 Points

wow, thank you the wording confused me some. I appreciate your help!