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

Matt Gaboury
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Matt Gaboury
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Posted by Matt Gaboury
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Matt Gaboury
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I am unsure how to complete this challenge

I am struggling to figure out how to return the function to see which of the two numbers is larger. I am not sure what this challenge is asking me to do and what it should look like.

script.js 
function max(10, 20) {
  return max
}

1 Answer

Frank Torchia
Frank Torchia
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Frank Torchia
Frank Torchia
18,346 Points

You're using numbers instead of names for your arguments. Trying changing the 10, 20 to one, two. The challenge says you can name them whatever you'd like so it technically doesn't matter (as long as they're not numbers)!

Once you have that, try using an if-else conditional statement to see which one is bigger and then return it. Right now your code is trying to return a variable named max which doesn't exist.