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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Returning a Value from a Function

Brooke Guy
Brooke Guy
8,179 Points
Posted by Brooke Guy
Brooke Guy
8,179 Points

Help please

Not sure what I'm missing here...

script.js 
function getYear() { return 5; 
var year = newDate().getFullYear();
}
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

Jaspal Singh
Jaspal Singh
13,525 Points
Jaspal Singh
Jaspal Singh
13,525 Points

hi Guy

you can't write down the return statement before the variable declaration because that will end that program. So i have seen that challenge. It is asking to return the year(variable in which the value is stored) and in the last step you have to save the returning value of getYesar() in a new variable. This will be the last step.

var yearToday = getYear();