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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Create a max() Function

Ali Sh
Ali Sh
2,026 Points
Posted by Ali Sh
Ali Sh
2,026 Points

I NEED HELP WITH THIS!!!

Create a new function named max which accepts two numbers as arguments (you can name the arguments, whatever you would like). The function should return the larger of the two numbers.

HINT: You'll need to use a conditional statement to test the 2 parameters to see which is the larger of the two.

script.js 
function max (water, coffee) {
  var water = 2;
  if ( parseInt(water) === 0 ) {
    return 2;
  } else {
    return 3;
}

1 Answer

tomd
tomd
16,701 Points
tomd
tomd
16,701 Points

Im not the best at explaining things. But here is one way of doing it. Go back and compare to your code and hopefully you can see why your code didn't work.

function max(tea, coffee) {
  if(tea > coffee) {
    return tea;
  } else {
    return coffee;
  }
}

console.log(max(3, 10));