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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Functions Return Values

Posted by Jack Kenyon
Jack Kenyon
3,344 Points

Around line 17, create a function named 'arrayCounter' that takes in a parameter which is an array. The function must re

Hey, not sure what I'm doing wrong here, but my code looks pretty shitty so any help would be amazing.

1 Answer

Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points
Andrew McCormick
Andrew McCormick
17,730 Points

you need to create a function that accepts a parameter and then do some conditional to test for 'typeof' to see if it's an array or not.

example:

function arrayCounter (parameter) {
        if (typeof parameter == "string") {
            alert("I am a string");
        } else {
           alert( typeof parameter);
        }
      }

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