Help me with this code challenge, it seems impossible for me to break

Question

This is my solution trying to create a function with the name max with two parameters, calling the parameters and testing which of the two numbers is larger
function max( small, big ) {
}
 max( 2, 4 );
  if ( max === 2|| 4) {
   alert('This is the larger number');
  } else {
   'This is a small number'
  }
```script.js
function max( small, big ) {
}
 max( 2, 4 );
  if ( max === 2|| 4) {
   alert('This is the larger number');
  } else {
   'This is a small number'
  }
```

Osaro Igbinovia · Answer

Hi Oladejo, you are meant to have a conditional statement within your 'max' function to check which of the two numbers are larger and return the larger number in either instance. 
JavaScript
function max( small, big ) {
   if (big > small) {
      return big;  // return big IF it is larger than small
   } else {
     return small;  // IF big isn't larger than small then small is the larger number, so small will be returned
   }
}

The second task in the challenge is to display the result of calling the 'max' function (by passing in two numbers as arguments) with an alert method.
JavaScript
alert(max( 2, 4 ));

Steven Parker · Answer

Here's a few hints:
- the code for the function must be inside the braces of the function definition
- the function code must compare the arguments with each other (by name)
- the comparison must determine which item is greater (not equal)
- the item determined to be greater must be passed back by a return statement
- the function won't need to log or alert anything
- the function will not reference itself or have any digits in it
I'll bet you can get it now without an explicit code spoiler.

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Oladejo Oluwatobi A

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Help me with this code challenge, it seems impossible for me to break

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Steven Parker

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Osaro Igbinovia

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