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Greg Schudel
4,090 Pointsgeneral question: what is the difference between a argument and a parameter?
In javscript, what is the difference between an argument and a parameter:
function(if this is the parameter) {
is what is returned/called here the argument?
}
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi there! Some programmers use "argument" and "parameter" interchangeably. However, I'm not one of those. Semantics would dictate that the argument is what we're sending into the function and the parameter is defined in the definition of the function. The parameter takes the argument. Let me give an example:
function sayHi(firstName) {
console.log("Hi there, " + firstName);
}
sayHi("Greg");
In this instance firstName is the parameter. It is accepting the data coming in. The argument is "Greg". It is the data being sent to the function that will then be held by firstName. You can think of a parameter as a local variable declaration for the lifetime of the function's execution.
Hope this helps!
