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12,025 PointsLibrary return values challenge followup question
This is in reference to the Javascript Foundations Library Return Values challenge that reads as such:
create a function named 'arrayCounter' that takes in a parameter which is an array. The function must return the length of an array passed in or 0 if a 'string', 'number' or 'undefined' value is passed in.
I found great help over here, but I have a followup question, which is basically Why does this work?
In the code, we are simply saying that something is an array, undefined, a number, etc. Does this only work because we are using typeOf
? And how come the function itself only needs this to know what an array is?
function arrayCounter (array)
So yeah, my basic question is how come this all works? Is it because of simply how Javascript works? Are we fudging for the sake of a code challenge?
I'm just wondering mostly because this code challenge seemed to pull on knowledge we didn't really learn—we merely sorta kinda could pick up on. I want to get a solid foundation not just of what the answer is, but why the answer is. :-) Thanks in advance!