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JavaScript

Kevin Becerra
Kevin Becerra
14,243 Points
Posted by Kevin Becerra
Kevin Becerra
14,243 Points

I thought a return value could only be used once in a function so how does this code actually work when used?

function max(tabs, spaces){

if(tabs > spaces){

 return tabs; 

} else if(tabs < spaces){

 return spaces;

  }
 }

 console.log(max(1, 2));

//How does 2 actually get returned to me?

2 Answers

Alexander La Bianca
Alexander La Bianca
15,959 Points

You are right, but not in this case. Since you have conditional statements set up your code can only go 1 possible route whenever the function is executed. Which in turn will only lead to one return statement.

matthew jimenez
matthew jimenez
13,599 Points
matthew jimenez
matthew jimenez
13,599 Points 
if(x==1){
    return item1;
} else if (x==2) {
    return item2;
} else {
    return item3
}

You may have as many return statements as you wish. However only one of them will actually execute due to the conditions surrounding them.