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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Functions Anonymous Functions

ryankite
ryankite
8,265 Points
Posted by ryankite
ryankite
8,265 Points

Stuck on JavaScript Anonymous Function second part, please help me understand the problem.

The challenge is: make the anonymous function with the code 'window.didExecute = true' execute.

My current code is this: which does not pass.

      var anonymousFunction = function () {
        window.didExecute=true;
      };

2 Answers

Dino Paškvan
Dino Paškvan
Courses Plus Student 44,108 Points

In the second task, you need to concentrate on this part of the code:

(function () {
    window.didExecute = true;
});

Your task is to create what is known as IIFE (immediately-invoked function expression).

This code is a function, but because it's an anonymous one, you can't execute it by calling its name, and it won't get executed on its own. However, it's still a function and same rules apply. To call a function, you'd add the parentheses after its name.

So, all you're supposed to do is add () before the final semicolon.

ryankite
ryankite
8,265 Points
ryankite
ryankite
8,265 Points

Dino - thank you so much for explaining it to me, it helped alot,