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Valerie Smith
Courses Plus Student 5,244 Pointsfunction name and return value do not have to be the same correct?
I am struggling on question two of placing the new variable and the return function into the code block of the getYear function. How should I structure this?
function getYear() {
var year = newDate().getFullYear();
return year;
}
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3 Answers
Brian Jensen
Treehouse Stafffunction getYear() {
var year = new Date().getFullYear();
return year;
}
var yearToday = getYear();
Raphaël Seguin
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 29,228 PointsYour code is right. First, you have to store the value returned by the "newDate().getFullYear()" function in the variable "year", and then return the value of this variable.
function getYear() {
var year = newDate().getFullYear();
return year;
}
Valerie Smith
Courses Plus Student 5,244 PointsThanks. Unfortunately it will not accept that answer...
Brian Jensen
Treehouse StaffIt is working for me:
Did you add the space between new and Date in your original code after adding my variable?
function getYear() {
var year = new Date().getFullYear(); // on this line
return year;
}
var yearToday = getYear();
Raphaël Seguin
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 29,228 PointsIt worked for me too... strange !
Valerie Smith
Courses Plus Student 5,244 PointsValerie Smith
Courses Plus Student 5,244 PointsThanks Brian! that second variable was where I got hung up.
** Update. Tried it your way. Says step one of creating the function is wrong now.