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

Posted by Sudhir Kumar
Sudhir Kumar
Courses Plus Student 925 Points

Where should I use conditional statement

actually i did not understand what to do exactly in this challenge

script.js 
function max(any , thing) {
  var anything = any + thing;
  return anything;
}

max(10, 20);

1 Answer

Benjamin Barslev Nielsen
Benjamin Barslev Nielsen
18,958 Points
Benjamin Barslev Nielsen
Benjamin Barslev Nielsen
18,958 Points

You should create the function max, which should take two numbers:

function max(n1, n2) {
    ...
}

The idea of this function is to return the larger of these two numbers. This means that you could make a conditional statement to test whether n1 is larger than n2, and if it is n1 should be returned. Otherwise n2 should be returned.

Examples on how it should work:

max(10, 20) should return 20
max(20, 10) should return 20

Hope this helps