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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Passing an Argument to a Function

Adrian Bogdan Grijincu
Adrian Bogdan Grijincu
2,819 Points
Posted by Adrian Bogdan Grijincu
Adrian Bogdan Grijincu
2,819 Points

I don`t know what i`m doing wrong here!

I named the function and i returned it, and i get the BUMMER ! :-s Please help !

script.js 
function returnValue(a) {

    return returnValue ;    
}
index.html 
<!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>

1 Answer

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

The instructions tells you to return the argument, not the function itself. You have named the argument a so that is what you should return. Like this:

function returnValue(a) {
    return a;
}