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idriss Elouilani
Courses Plus Student 1,232 Pointscreate function
1 create function 2 function getYear (){ var year = new Date().getFullYear(2017); return year; } 3 call the getYear function: store the returned value of the function in current variable named yearToday. 1 and 2 questions works but the 3 question wasn't it
function getYear(){
var year = new Date ().getFullYear(2017);
return year();
}
getYear();
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
3 Answers
Rhys Kearns
4,976 Pointsfunction getYear(){
var year = new Date ().getFullYear(2017);
return year;
}
yearToday = getYear();
From the edits Raffael this should be what you need :)
Raffael Dettling
32,998 PointsYou forgot to assging the getYear function to yearToday
yearToday = getYear();
and in the return statment you return a variable not a function
Rhys Kearns
4,976 Pointsvar yearToday = getYear(); forgot to declare yearToday :)
Rhys Kearns
4,976 PointsNevermind forgot to read it - didn't realise the variable was named already just not pasted into the code! :)
Raffael Dettling
32,998 PointsNo problem thanks to you i found a second bug ^^ in the return statment he returns a function not a variable
Rhys Kearns
4,976 PointsGood spot! Yeah not sure why he is returning a function :P
idriss Elouilani
Courses Plus Student 1,232 PointsThank u Rhys, thank u raffael