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

Posted by Maurice Hobbs Jr
Maurice Hobbs Jr
5,278 Points

can somebody help me find Syntax Error: Parse error?

it is the variable answer

script.js 
function max( width, lenth){
 var answer = if(length > width){
  return length
}else if( length<width){
  return width
}
return answer;
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

This appears to be the fourth question on the same issue. But you still haven't applied one of the hints I left you on the first one. It was:

  • you'll only need one inequality comparison for this task

And here's a few more:

  • an "if" statement does not create a value that you can assign
  • you don't need the variable "answer"
  • you also won't need the third "return" after you remove the second conditional

You're pretty close now, I bet you'll get it this time.

Maurice Hobbs Jr
Maurice Hobbs Jr
5,278 Points

thank for the help the other questions were old but I didn't know how to delete them. I have completed using some of the tips u gave me and deleting a couple things

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

No problem, the system will only let you delete a question that has no answers. But you can always edit a question or add comments to it instead of creating a duplicate.