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SuneethaRani Savaram
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 3,302 PointsFunctions
function getYear() { var year = new Date().getFullYear(); } return getYear();
what's wrong in this code?
function getYear() {
var year = new Date().getFullYear();
}
return getYear();
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4 Answers
Adam Pengh
29,881 PointsReturn needs to be inside the function to return the value generated by the function. Then you call the function and assign it to a new variable, like this:
function getYear() {
var year = new Date().getFullYear();
return year;
}
var yearToday = getYear();
Dale Severude
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 71,350 PointsHi SuneethaRani, Two things here: 1) The return statement should be within the function. 2) The return statement should return the var year.
SuneethaRani Savaram
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 3,302 Pointsfunction getYear() { var year = new Date().getFullYear(); return year(); } var yearToday = getYear();
but still its not working.
Dale Severude
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 71,350 Pointsdrop the parenthesis on year and you should be good.
return year;
SuneethaRani Savaram
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 3,302 PointsThank You.Its working
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 PointsJesus Mendoza
23,289 PointsThe thing is that you're not returning anything from the function itself, so when you call it, it wont return anything