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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Create a max() Function

Arne Saenger
Arne Saenger
687 Points
Posted by Arne Saenger
Arne Saenger
687 Points

Not sure how to solve the challenge. Where can I see the solution?

Not sure how to solve the challenge. Where can I see the solution?

script.js 
function max(argument1, argument2) {
  if (argument1 > argument2) {
    return argument1
  } else {
    return argument2 }
};

max(2,3);
alert(max);

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

There isn't any official method of displaying the correct result, beyond asking for help here in the forums or Googling the name of the challenge, and looking at previous discussions of it.

As for your code, it's quite close. The challenge wants you to alert the result of calling the function. When you call a function the returned value is essentially placed wherever the call to the function occurred. Which means that to alert out the result you need to call the function within the call to the alert function. Like this:

function max(argument1, argument2) {
  if (argument1 > argument2) {
    return argument1
  } else {
    return argument2 }
};

alert(max(2,3));