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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Create a max() Function

Posted by seamoreatchu
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seamoreatchu
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 4,403 Points

Help i think its broken

having troubles with this code... any suggestions?

script.js 
function max(5 , 9){
  if (5 + 9 = 14) {
    return (14 - 5);
       }

1 Answer

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

Hi there,

let me see if I can help you out.

You've correctly defined your function and passed it parameters. But the parameters shouldn't be values. Parameters are basically another place to put variables. When you return the values later on they will look for the parameters to put the values in. And it's in returns that you can store the result of an expression.

So in the following example I've passed 2 parameters to the max function, num1 and num2.

function max( num1, num2) {
   //code 
}

You would then test it by passing in those variables to an if condition like you tried.

function max(num1, num2){
  if (num1 > num2 ) {
    return   ;
  }
    return  ;
}

This checks that one number is bigger than the other. You can then return the appropriate variable and return the remaining one outside of the condition block. In programming, if the code inside of the condition cannot be met the code will ignore that and move onto the next line.

In the next part of the challenge you will learn to call a function which is where you pass in the actual numbers. :-)