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JavaScript

Posted by daniel haile
daniel haile
3,360 Points

Call the new sayHi function you just created?

i write sayHi (); but says communication error

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Hi Daniel, Could you paste the code for us, hard to guess what might be happening.

2 Answers

jason chan
jason chan
31,009 Points 
function sayHi(arg) {
alert(arg);
}
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Ok, the function is expecting you to pass a string and then it gets alerted, this is what the 'arg' is. The following code will work:

function sayHi(arg) {
  alert(arg);
}

sayHi("Hey there!!");