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// DECLARAING A FUNCTION
function myFunctionThatCalculatesASum( parameter1, parameter2 ) {
// CODE BLOCK: do stuff in here
var sumOfMyParamters = parameter1 + parameter2
return sumOfMyParamters // <-- this is outputted from the function
}
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// RUNNNING THE FUNCTION
theOutput = myFunctionThatCalculatesASum(true,true)
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{
function sum(a,b) {
return a + b
}
function product(a,b) {
return a * b
}
var onePlusTwo = sum(1,2)
var threePlusFour = sum(3,4)
var productOfTwoVariables = product(onePlusTwo, threePlusFour)
return productOfTwoVariables // <-- ignore that return. it's to make the notebook work
}
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{
var bob = function () {return "Hi, I'm in Bob!"}
var joe = bob() + " And now I'm called by Joe!"
return joe
}
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function checkDay(today) {
if(today === "Sunday" || today === "Saturday") {
return "WEEKEND"
} else {
return "WEEKDAY"
}
}
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checkDay("Sunday")
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{
// COUNTING TO TEN
var count = 0
while( count != 10 ) {
count = count + 1;
}
return count;
}
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{
// COUNTING TO TEN
var count = 0
for( var i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
count = count + 1
count = count + 1
count = count + 1
count = count + 1
count = count + 2
count = count + 1
count = count + 1
count = count + 1
count = count + 1
}
return count
}
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function testable(isGood) {
if(isGood===true)
return "yes"
return "no"
}
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test1 = testable(true)==="yes"
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test2 = testable(false)==="no"
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test3 = testable(1)==="yes"
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function sleepIn(weekday, vacation) {
if ( !weekday || vacation)
{
return true;
}else
return false;
}// actual hours of my life were used in the process of websites telling me how to do if statements and curly brackets and me being slightly wrong
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function hasTeen(num1, num2, num3) {
// if (13>=num1<=19) || (13>=num2<=19) || (13>=num3<=19) {
// return true;
// }
// return false;
// } why doesn't this work, but when I extend it out it works? it should only need to test for 1 of the nums being positive right? I kinda just ordered everything in a more drawn out way and it worked. what even is coding?
if ( (num1 >= 13) && (num1 <=19) || (num2 >= 13) && (num2 <= 19) || (num3 >= 13) && (num3 <=19) ) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
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function front3(str) {
return (str+str+str);
}//I will take it but I think I cheated -\
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//I don't know what I did here, and I had to create a new cell. Everything is messing up and I'm not learning anything, so I'm taking the L on this question. I will write it on paper and see if I'm actually doing the write thing.
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