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JavaScript JavaScript Functions Create Reusable Code with Functions Return a Value from a Function

Posted by malcolm mowlam
malcolm mowlam
3,856 Points

returning a function

any hints please

script.js 
function getYear() {
const year = new Date().getFullYear();
  return year;
}function{ ("getFullYear")return }
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

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

Task 3 is to call the function you already created in the other tasks. You won't need the keywords "function" or "return" again.

Make the call part of an assignment of a new variable named "yearToday".