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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Passing an Argument to a Function

James Cobbett
James Cobbett
1,468 Points
Posted by James Cobbett
James Cobbett
1,468 Points

Don't understand instructions

Hi I don't understand the instructions on this one. I have created a variable and put the result as the returnValue . I then called returnValue with a string and nothing happens? Not sure what I am supposed to do with this one. Tried different things and used different order but doers not seem to work

script.js 
function returnValue(str) {
  var echo = returnValue;
  returnValue('hello')
}
index.html 
<!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>

1 Answer

trio-group I.AM
trio-group I.AM
25,711 Points
trio-group I.AM
trio-group I.AM
25,711 Points

Hey James!

The instructions say that you need to create a function. All the function should do is return the argument that is passed to it, like so:

function returnValue(argument) {
    return argument;
}

// code for Task 2

Hope this helps!