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JavaScript

Posted by Joe Williams
Joe Williams
16,945 Points

Return values don't work

I was trying to play around with return values. But none of the ones i try and use work.

I tried the following function called 'alpha'

function alpha(beta) {
  console.log(beta);
  return beta.length;
 }

 alpha("Hello");

When viewed in the console, I expected 'Hello' followed by 5, which is the length of Hello but I didn't get 5. In fact none of the return values I set returned anything in the console.

I'm sure it's obvious but I don't see it.

2 Answers

Nicholas Olsen
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Nicholas Olsen
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 19,342 Points

You have to output the return value to the console:

console.log( alpha("Hello") );
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
16,945 Points
Joe Williams
Joe Williams
16,945 Points

Of course, thank you.