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JavaScript

Posted by brandonlind2
brandonlind2
7,823 Points

Can someone please explain how to use conditional statements with parameters and arguments?

I'm hoping someone can walk me through this javascript challenge, I understand conditional statements, however I'm having a bit of trouble trying to use them with parameters and arguments. "Create a new function named max() which accepts two numbers as arguments. The function should return the larger of the two numbers. You'll need to use a conditional statement to test the 2 numbers to see which is the larger of the two."

Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points

Brandon,

Do you understand this a bit better now, or would you like further elaboration?

Erik

1 Answer

Carolyn Heuser
Carolyn Heuser
2,816 Points
Carolyn Heuser
Carolyn Heuser
2,816 Points

This is what I would do:

function max(nbr1, nbr2) {
  if (nbr1 > nbr2) {
    return nbr1;
  } else {
      return nbr2;
  }
  }

var maxNbr = max (87, 23);
document.write (maxNbr);

The function accepts the two numbers: nbr1 (87, in this example) and nbr2 (23, in this example). 87 is not greater than 23 so we fall into the 'else' code, and the function returns 87. I've set up a variable maxNbr to store the 87 returned by the function. And then, I write it to the page.

Does that help?

MOD edit: Changed from "Comment" to "Answer", because it is an answer and can now be up-voted and/or marked as Best Answer. Also added Mark Down to make code more readable.