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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Passing an Argument to a Function

Mitchell Wheeler
Mitchell Wheeler
1,027 Points
Posted by Mitchell Wheeler
Mitchell Wheeler
1,027 Points

Im just completely lost on this problem, the vocab is hard for me to grasp, and what they are trying to tell me to do.

ive watched the video over again, but what they are asking me to do in the second part, it just to confusing to wrap my head around

script.js 
function returnValue(water, bottle) {
  var holder = water + bottle
  return holder;

var echo = returnValue(water, bottle);
return holder;
}
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>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

It looks like you did a bit too much. Task 1 asks you to "Create a function named returnValue that accepts a single argument, then immediately returns that argument.". But the one shown here takes two arguments and combines them.

Then for task 2, you'll call the function and put the result into "echo", but you'll pass in a single string as the argument. You'll only need one line for this part.