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

Posted by Munyaradzi Matewe
Munyaradzi Matewe
1,953 Points

call the new sayHi function you just created

script.js 
fuction sayHi() {
alert("Hi");
};
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
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

It looks like you have a spelling error where the code has "fuction" instead of "function".

Then, to "call" a function, you write the function name and put parentheses after it (and then an optional semicolon for "best practice").