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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Returning a Value from a Function

Luis Paulino
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Luis Paulino
Courses Plus Student 1,779 Points
Posted by Luis Paulino
Luis Paulino
Courses Plus Student 1,779 Points

What do I do from here?

Please show with code picks please

script.js 
function getYear(){
  var year=new Date().getFullYear();
  return year;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points
Thomas Nilsen
Thomas Nilsen
14,957 Points

I'm a little unsure what your question is - what you have so far is correct.

the last challenge just asks you to store what your function returns, in a variable.

var yearToday = getYear();