3 // I'm a comment. #ComputerCantTouchThis
3 + 3 //addition
4 - 3 //subtraction
2 * 3.2 //multiplication
1 / 5 //division
10 % 3 //modulo
10 ** 3 //exponentiation
typeof 123
typeof 0.1
typeof "this is a string" // denoted by either "string value goes in here",
//'string value in here', or `string value in here`
typeof 'this is also a string'
typeof ""
typeof true // either true of false
typeof false
typeof undefined // the only possible value of an undefined type is undefined
// `typeof` doesn't work with `null` values for backwards compatability reasons.
typeof null
// when checking if something's explicitly `null`, make sure to use null === null
'bob' + 'mary'
'Luke, ' + 'I ' + 'am ' + 'your ' + 'father.'
true && true // the AND (&&) operator checks if both values are true
//if either one or both ANDed values are false,
true && false
//the operation returns false
true || true // the OR (||) operator checks if either value is true
//if one value is false, the result is still true
true || false
!true //The NOT (!) operator switches the boolean value
//Order of operations still applies in boolean algebra
!true && false || false || false
!(true && false) || false || false
{
var name = 'bob'
return name //this line is to make Observable happy
}
{
var num = 1
num = 2
return num
}
{
var one = 1
var two = 2
var three = one + two
return three
}
{
var firstName = 'Bob'
var lastName = 'Marley'
var fullName = firstName + ' ' + lastName
return fullName
}
{
var allMenAreMortal = true
var iAmAMan = true
return allMenAreMortal && iAmAMan
}
function converter (fahrenheit)
{
var Celsius = 0
Celsius = (fahrenheit-32)/(9/5)
return Celsius
}
function varWars1() {
var smartiesBot = true;
var sourBot = false;
var otherSourBot = sourBot;
return (smartiesBot || sourBot) || otherSourBot
}
function varWars2() {
var smartiesBot = true;
var sourBot = true;
var otherSourBot = false;
return (smartiesBot || sourBot || otherSourBot)
}
function varWarsArmageddon() {
var smartyKing = true;
var sourKidKing = false;
var smartiesBot = sourKidKing;// false
var thatOneSourBot = smartyKing;// true
return (smartiesBot || smartyKing) || (!sourKidKing && !sourKidKing) && thatOneSourBot && thatOneSourBot || (!smartiesBot && smartiesBot || !sourKidKing)
}
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