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JavaScript JavaScript Quickstart Functions Write a Function

Posted by rovelle trinidad
rovelle trinidad
390 Points

I really don't know what im doing

yeah

script.js 
function add10(1) {
  return num + 10;
};
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>
reece tobin
reece tobin
Courses Plus Student 39 Points

What you trying to do?

1 Answer

Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points
Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points

I think what you're confused as to how arguments work in functions. Here's what you want:

function add10(num) { //This line is declaring  function named add10 that takes an argument named num
  return num + 10;
};

add10(1) //Call the add10 function and pass it the argument 1

You were trying to both create and call a function in one go, the point of functions is re-usability, you want to define the function in a way that can accept more than one argument, The code above will also let you pass 2 or 100 to the funciton.