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Lucille Fox
881 PointsI don't understand what is being asked to be able to answer this part of the task
After your newly created returnValue function, create a new variable named echo. Set the value of echo to be the results from calling the returnValue function. When you call the returnValue function, make sure to pass in any string you'd like for the parameter.
The function will accept the string you pass to it and return it back (using the return statement). Then your echo variable will be set with what is returned, the results.
Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing.
function returnValue(name){
return echo;
}
var echo = returnValue();
<!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>
3 Answers
Greg Harris
43,362 PointsThis worked! Which is semantically the same as what I posted. Not sure what your experiencing, but try what I have posted. As I stated, it wants you to return the value from the function, so you need to return the same value as the parameter in the function arguments. Then, when you call the function and save it to 'var echo', you need to pass in a string.
function returnValue(val){ return val; }
var echo = returnValue('string');
Greg Harris
43,362 PointsBased on what I'm seeing, it is wanting you to assign the variable echo to the function and pass a string
function returnValue(name){ return name; }
var echo = returnValue('any string');
Lucille Fox
881 PointsThanks Greg - it all seems like trying to learn Russian right now :(!
Lucille Fox
881 PointsHi Greg I tried that code and it came back say that task was no longer passing. Any ideas?
Lucille Fox
881 PointsLucille Fox
881 PointsHi Greg, I believe the issue was user error (shame face here) :D I stepped away for 30 minutes and when I came back to it, I re-ran your code and it worked. Thank you for your help, I really appreciate it, Lucille