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

Jeff Shephard
Jeff Shephard
784 Points
Posted by Jeff Shephard
Jeff Shephard
784 Points

I'm stuck!

Been stuck on this question: "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."

Here's my answer:

function max(mine, yours) { var larger = Math.max( parseInt(mine), parseInt(yours) ); } if ( parseInt(mine) < parseInt(yours) ) { return parseInt(mine); } else if ( parseInt (mine) < parseInt(yours) ){ return parseInt(yours); }

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Jeff

2 Answers

Jeff Shephard
Jeff Shephard
784 Points
Jeff Shephard
Jeff Shephard
784 Points

Thanks for your help!

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Hey Jeff,

It looks like you have your conditional statement outside of your function. The challenge wants you to create a function that takes two arguments that are numbers and returns the larger of the two. To do that you need to put your if/else statement inside the function code block, you also don't need the variable larger because you can compare the two number arguments in your conditional statement. You can try something like this:

function max(a,b) {
  if (a > b) {
    return a;
  }
  else {
    return b;
  }
}

Or ...

function max(a,b) {
  if (parseInt(a) > parseInt(b)) {
    return a;
  }
  else {
    return b;
  }
}