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JavaScript

Posted by Jose Wilfredo Noyola Gonzalez
Jose Wilfredo Noyola Gonzalez
1,798 Points

Help with this question "How do programmers describe the act of running the programming within a function"

Hi all,

I am studying Javascript basic and I have seen this question . "How do programmers describe the act of running the programming within a function"

Could you help with explain me about this?

2 Answers

Robert Anthony
Robert Anthony
19,952 Points
Robert Anthony
Robert Anthony
19,952 Points

You say you 'call' the function.

Jose Wilfredo Noyola Gonzalez
Jose Wilfredo Noyola Gonzalez
1,798 Points

Thanks! Yes, I have selected this. I want to know more background detail about answer.

Hubert Odias
Hubert Odias
1,898 Points
Hubert Odias
Hubert Odias
1,898 Points

calling a function is when you use the function to invoke it. Thats another way of saying calling the function.

function hello(a,b){ return a*b; } //this at the bottom is what we call "Calling the Function" or "invoking the function" hello(10*3);