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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Arrays Methods: Part 2

Ross Holdren
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Ross Holdren
Courses Plus Student 7,376 Points
Posted by Ross Holdren
Ross Holdren
Courses Plus Student 7,376 Points

sort function

my code does not seem to work. not sure where i am wrong.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title> JavaScript Foundations: Arrays</title>
    <style>
      html {
        background: #FAFAFA;
        font-family: sans-serif;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>JavaScript Foundations</h1>
    <h2>Arrays: Methods Part 1</h2>
    <script>
      var saying1 = ["The", "quick", "brown", "fox", "jumps", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog"];
      var saying2 = ["The", "quick", "brown", "fox", "jumped", "over", "the", "lazy", "dog's", "back"];
      saying1.reverse();
      saying2.sort(function(a,b){a.length-b.length});
    </script>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points
Marcus Parsons
Marcus Parsons
15,719 Points

Hey Ross Holdren,

You're only missing a return statement inside of your callback function right before a.length - b.length. If you're ever in doubt about when to use a return statement, just remember that if you're calling a function and it has to return data, use the return statement! :)