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JavaScript

Posted by Taryn Trueblood
Taryn Trueblood
21,798 Points

Storing an object to a variable

I am participating in the full stack javascript techdegree and I am stuck on how to do the following: create a function that calls another function and stores the returned object in a variable. This is what I have so far:

function printQuote(){ var random = getRandomQuote(); var output = "<p class='quote'>"+ random + "</p>"; output += "<p class='source'>"+ random + "</p>"; }

I don't think that I am even close. Please help me

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

If this is in relation to a challenge, can you provide a URL? it will help people help you.

r h
r h
68,552 Points
r h
r h
68,552 Points 
function testFunction() {
  function secondFunction () {
    var object = {
       field1: "data1",
       field2: "data2",
    }
    return object;
  }
  var objectReturned = secondFunction();
  return objectReturned;
}

var final = testFunction();

This is calling a function inside a function to return the object returned by the function inside the function; One problem with your code is that you're not returning anything; you need to decide what information you want to return (in your example, most likely output) and return it at the end of the function.

Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points

Please format your code

1 Answer

srikarvedantam
srikarvedantam
8,369 Points
srikarvedantam
srikarvedantam
8,369 Points

Here's a bare-minimal code fragment that does what's the exercise asks for:

function f1() {
    return { name: 'Hello, World!' };
}

var v = f1();
console.log(v);