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

Posted by Daniel Benisti
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Daniel Benisti
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 22,224 Points

stuck ,cant understand it . he shows some thing easy but the task is very hard

the tsk is hard!!!!!!!!!

script.js 
function max (a,b) {
  if ( a > b ) { 
    return a 
  } else {
    return alert('you are wrong');
  } 

}
max(9,2);

2 Answers

Xavier Bass
Xavier Bass
Courses Plus Student 2,246 Points

you need a semicolon( ; ) after your return statement such that it looks like this: if ( a > b ) { return a; }

Antti Lylander
Antti Lylander
9,686 Points

also, when b is greater than a, you should return b (no alerts needed here).

Daniel Benisti
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Daniel Benisti
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 22,224 Points

you the man!

Xavier Bass
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Xavier Bass
Courses Plus Student 2,246 Points
Xavier Bass
Xavier Bass
Courses Plus Student 2,246 Points

just a tip ,if your code looks right and it doesn't work prob. a syntax error or spelling