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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Variables Hoisting

Kris Byrum
Kris Byrum
32,636 Points
Posted by Kris Byrum
Kris Byrum
32,636 Points

Code Challenge Help Please

So i'm lost and i need a little help.

The teacher is not very clear in some of his presentations compared to the other two.

The questions and challenges in this module are also a little unclear from what I know and what has been taught so far.

Can someone help me figure out what they are looking for here please?

I've already declared the var status under the function. It was originally in the if statement.

Thanks in advance!!

Alter the 'elevatorCloseButton' function to follow the best practices in declaring variables within the scope of the function

function elevatorCloseButton(pushed) {
        var status = "I'll close when I'm ready.";
        if (pushed) {
            status = "I'll close when I'm ready.";
        }

    }

    elevatorCloseButton(true);

2 Answers

Kevin Kenger
Kevin Kenger
32,834 Points
Kevin Kenger
Kevin Kenger
32,834 Points

What you have right now is close, but it's just asking you to declare the variable, and not assign it a value. So it should be something like this:

    function elevatorCloseButton(pushed) {
    var status;
        if (pushed) {
            status = "I'll close when I'm ready.";
        }

    }
Kris Byrum
Kris Byrum
32,636 Points
Kris Byrum
Kris Byrum
32,636 Points

Kevin thank you so much.