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JavaScript

Posted by anonymous123
anonymous123
5,794 Points

Passing A Function Into A Function

function say(something) { console.log(something) ; }

function exec(func, arg) { return func(arg) ;
}

exec(say, "Hi, there.") ;

Why does this code work? I feel like it shouldn't since whats in the second function should return

say(something) (arg) { console.log(something) ; }

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,274 Points

It doesn't matter that "say" does not return anything. The "exec" function will just return "undefined".

And the way "exec" is being called, its own return value is not being used anyway.

Liam Clarke
Liam Clarke
19,938 Points
Liam Clarke
Liam Clarke
19,938 Points

Hello

This works because you are passing the function without executing it first (your creating a callback function)

If you added parentheses in the parameter then it would no longer work as the function will be invoked immediately.

So your above code is an acceptable callback function