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znzlcrstkk
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 28,511 Pointsfunction and parsing
Hi, can somebody explain to me, what means parsing? And the second question, about javascript function, when i write a function like this >> function test (one, two) {}. what does it mean one and two, what they do? And please give me some examples if you can
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Tommy Leng
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 12,417 Pointsone and two are just placeholders that enables the function to pass arguments. Like calling test(4,5); The only parsing I need think of relates to the JSON. https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_json_parse.asp
Tommy Leng
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 12,417 Pointsi am using placeholders for the word arguments since I thought that would have been easier. The arguments are the things inside a function's parenthesis. For example function (arguments){}. I called them placeholders since they just are there to be replace. For example
function add(one,two){ return one + two; }
if u call the add function like add(1,2); The result would be 3. Again the arguments are just a placeholders that they are meant to be replaced.
znzlcrstkk
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 28,511 PointsTommy can you give me some examples about function, with placeholders and arguments? because i dont understand what placeholder mean
znzlcrstkk
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 28,511 PointsCan you more expand what you are explaining?