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

Posted by Val Ki
Val Ki
1,997 Points

Please help! I'm terrible at these challenges. Seems like I constantly need assistance completing them. :(

See instructions

script.js 
function returnValue ('age'){
  var echo = returnValue('hi there');
  var value = 15;
      return 'age';
}
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

Dan Weru
Dan Weru
48,030 Points
Dan Weru
Dan Weru
48,030 Points

Hey, don't worry you will get better at this. You should not have the quotation marks around the function arguments, when you declare the functions.

Basically, there are two steps to writing javascript functions

  • Declare the function
  • Call the function
// declare the function

function returnValue (age){
  var echo = 'hi there';
  return age;
}

// call the function with a value of 15

returnValue(15)

hopefully that is a good start.