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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Returning a Value from a Function

Posted by Hilary Katsande
Hilary Katsande
9,045 Points

please help

create New variable and stores the current year Now add statement that returns this variable from the function

script.js 
function getYear() {
}
var year=new Data().getFullYear(); 
returnyear;
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>

2 Answers

Rachel Lev
Rachel Lev
14,583 Points
Rachel Lev
Rachel Lev
14,583 Points

You need a space between return and year, also curly bracket goes at the end:

function getYear() {
  var year = new Date().getFullYear();
  return year;
}
Arrachael Miller
Arrachael Miller
6,058 Points

Thank you

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

You're close, but I see 3 issues:

  • the new code should be inside the function (between the braces)
  • you wrote "Data" instead of "Date"
  • there should be a space between "return" and "year"