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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Getting Information From a Function

Sun Min
Sun Min
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Posted by Sun Min
Sun Min
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getting information from a function

function getYear () { var year = new Date().getFullYear(); return year; }

getYear(); var yearToday = getYear();

what happen if i run this code? i called function and set a variable and call function again? what happens if we set variable = function?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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The plain function call doesn't really do anything.

This isn't the kind of function that makes something happen, it's the kind that returns a value. So just calling the function as a statement by itself will not do anything, or at least nothing that will leave a lasting result.

But assigning a variable with it will give that variable the return value, exactly what you might want.

Sun Min
Sun Min
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Sun Min
Sun Min
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Thanks Steven