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JavaScript

Posted by Willie Suggs
Willie Suggs
Courses Plus Student 5,879 Points

need help understanding how to use conditional statements in a javascript function

im pose to make a function named max and give it two number parameters then make the function return the highest value

function max(2, 5) {
  if(2 < 5) {
    return max(5);
  }
}

function max(2, 5) {
  if(max === 5) {
    return 5;
  }
}

1 Answer

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points
Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

Hey Kendra, you have the right idea however a couple changes need to be made. 

/*
this function checks if number 1 is greater than number 2.
if it is then it returns number 1 else it returns number 2
*/
function max(num1, num2) {
  if(num1 < num2) { 
    return num2; 
  } else {
    return num1;
  }
}


//you call a function like below
max(2,5);

I hope this helps.

Willie Suggs
Willie Suggs
Courses Plus Student 5,879 Points

thanks