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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Variables Hoisting

Posted by ameshuffle
ameshuffle
8,966 Points

Where to add "status"?

I gave up on this. Where in the world should I add "status" in this code?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <title> JavaScript Foundations: Variables</title>
    <style>
      html {
        background: #FAFAFA;
        font-family: sans-serif;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>JavaScript Foundations</h1>
    <h2>Variables: Hoisting</h2>

    <script>

    function elevatorCloseButton(pushed) {

        if (pushed) {
            var status = "I'll close when I'm ready.";
        }

    }

    elevatorCloseButton(true);

    </script>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points
Chris Shaw
Chris Shaw
26,676 Points

Hi evargas,

You simply need to declare status before the IF statement and reassign it's value if the condition for the said IF statement is true.

function elevatorCloseButton(pushed) {
  var status;

  if (pushed) {
    status = "I'll close when I'm ready.";
  }

}

Happy coding!

ameshuffle
ameshuffle
8,966 Points
ameshuffle
ameshuffle
8,966 Points

But that's what I did and still got the wrong answer!

Coding is that weird.

But still thank you.