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Zachary Smith
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 16,616 PointsI don't understand how the print function works in this program
How does the following code"
function print(message) {
document.write(message);
}
know to print the above playlist? I don't get it.
3 Answers
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsThis code just defines the function named "print", it doesn't cause it to run.
Elsewhere in the code, the function will be invoked (or "called"), which makes it run. In the video, this happens inside the "printSongs" function where it is given the name of the thing to output ("listHTML").
Shung Chen
6,526 Pointsfunction print(message) { document.write(message); }
the setup of function print() is simply helping people to shorten the code needs to type after you define the function print()
whenever you need to type
document.write(your content here) is shortened to print(your content here)
You don't need it but it's shortened - although it does not make much difference for me
Zachary Smith
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 16,616 PointsThank you for taking the time to answer, Shung Chen.. Over the past week, I've understood this concept a lot better since I used it to make a project.
Zachary Smith
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 16,616 PointsOkay, thank you for taking the time to answer. I still don't completely get but for now I'll take your word for it.
Steven Parker
229,732 PointsDon't worry, you'll get plenty more practice with functions as you continue on.
