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abdi ali
10,920 PointsCall the getYear function: store the returned value of the function in a new variable named yearToday.
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function getYear() {
var year = new Date().getFullYear();
return year;
}
<!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>
3 Answers
adamdonatello
27,485 Pointsfunction getYear() {
var year = new Date().getFullYear();
return year;
}
var yearToday = getYear();
Aditya Khanna
Courses Plus Student 200 PointsTry and use the getYear function in an event handler like below <pre><!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>JavaScript Basics</title> <script type='text/javascript'> function getYear() { var year = new Date().getFullYear(); return year; } </script> </head> <body> <form> <input type='button' onclick=alert(getYear())> </form> </body> </html></pre>
TADELU BEDADA
2,282 Pointsget year(); var yearToday = getyear();