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JavaScript The Solution

Sarah Breidenbach
Sarah Breidenbach
4,490 Points
Posted by Sarah Breidenbach
Sarah Breidenbach
4,490 Points

The way I solved this did not require the return keyword and I would like clarifications as to why

// a function that calculates the area of a rectangle.
function calculateRectangle (width, height) {
    rectangleArea = width * height;
    console.log(rectangleArea);
}
calculateRectangle(5, 22);

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Some functions do something, and some return something, and some may do both. This is an example of a function that doesn't return anything. Instead, it does something and displays the result directly on the console.

But let's say you were to call the function like this:

var answer = calculateRectangle(5, 22);

After that runs, the value of "answer" would be "undefined", because nothing was returned. But it would still display "110" on the console while it was running.