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JavaScript JavaScript Functions Arrow Functions Default Function Parameters

Tural Rzazade
Tural Rzazade
3,750 Points
Posted by Tural Rzazade
Tural Rzazade
3,750 Points

Solved the task in the last part

const regionDown = prompt("Where are you from, Europe or America?");
const region = regionDown.toUpperCase(); 

if (region === "AMERICA") {
    function getArea(width, length, unit = "sq ft") {
      const area = width * length;
      return `${area} ${unit}`;
    }
  } else {
    function getArea(width, length, unit = "sq ft") {
      const area = width * length;
      return `${area} ${unit}`;  
    }
  }

I struggled first to figure out the way for getting unit based on the region that user is from, but then I used a conditional statement. I knew that I had to use conditional smth to get that but I guess "little things" (indentation/ quotes/ misspelled words) were making me think that it doesn't work.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

It's not clear why you would use a conditional here, since both branches contain exactly the same code. Did you perhaps intend for the 2nd definition to set the default unit to "sq meters" instead?

Also, instead of having two completely different definitions of the function, you could have just one and make use of the region setting inside the function code, or in the way the function is called.