Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

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

Posted by anthony woods
anthony woods
8,208 Points

Inside the sayHi() function add the code to make an alert appear with the word "Hi" in it. The alert command should go i

keeps saying did you place the alert in function.

script.js 
function sayHi() {
  function sayHi () { alert("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>

1 Answer

Matt F.
Matt F.
9,518 Points
Matt F.
Matt F.
9,518 Points

Hi there,

it looks like you created the function a second time inside the outer function, you can delete one of those to get this: 

function sayHi(){
  alert("Hi");
};