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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Review Creating Reusable Code with Functions

Samuel Thorpe
Samuel Thorpe
4,995 Points
Posted by Samuel Thorpe
Samuel Thorpe
4,995 Points

This is getting silly

Can you help me answer this? When you call an function, you can pass that function one or more.......(What??) .

5 Answers

elk6
elk6
22,916 Points

Look at it like this. When you make a function you can optionally pass it some parameters. For example:

function sumOfNum ( num1, num2) {
return num1 + num2;
}

num1 and num2 are the parameters of the function you create. When you call the function you pass it some arguments. 2 in this case. They will replace the parameters you gave the function.

So:

sumOfNum (5, 6);

5 and 6 are the arguments and the function will return the sum of those arguments.

Hope this helps.

Lauri Neuding
Lauri Neuding
13,525 Points
Lauri Neuding
Lauri Neuding
13,525 Points

Perhaps the question needs a little syntax adjustment. It is confusing.

Jesse Hall
Jesse Hall
4,275 Points
Jesse Hall
Jesse Hall
4,275 Points

Yeah this is worded horribly.

Robert Araujo
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Robert Araujo
Courses Plus Student 2,222 Points
Robert Araujo
Robert Araujo
Courses Plus Student 2,222 Points

"Arguments" It is silly and confusing