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

Scott Duncan
Scott Duncan
2,287 Points
Posted by Scott Duncan
Scott Duncan
2,287 Points

Im stuck with this

"Set the value of echo to be the results from calling the returnValue function. When you call the returnValue function, make sure to pass in any string you'd like for the parameter. "

script.js 
function returnValue("pa") {
  return pa;
}

var echo = returnValue("hi");
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>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

When you define a function, never put quotes around any parameter names (or around any variable names in general). This must have changed after you passed task 1. You also don't want to make any changes to the task 1 function during task 2.

Your other task 2 work looks good, so fix that and you'll pass.

Scott Duncan
Scott Duncan
2,287 Points
Scott Duncan
Scott Duncan
2,287 Points

got it thanks steven. the whole things still pretty confusing

Edmund Southgate
Edmund Southgate
12,056 Points

I found it confusing to begin with. Just keep going and trust that if you do you will eventually get it. Seems like the confusion is about parameters vs arguments which definitely confused me to begin with.

When you declare the function: function returnValue(value) { return value; }

Here value in the brackets is a parameter.

When you call the function: returnValue("Hi");

Hi is now an argument being passed to the function.

Arguments can be string values, numbers etc (i.e. in quotation marks) parameters can't be string values (at least as far as I am aware).