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JavaScript Practice forEach in JavaScript Practice forEach Challenge 1 Solution

Posted by Derrick Drake
Derrick Drake
9,870 Points

For the first challenge I used numbers instead of number and it still worked, whats the difference?

I used numbers.forEach(numbers => {total += numbers}); it was still accepted as correct but is this a bad habit to have or does it even matter?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

The word you changed is a function parameter, which only serves as a placeholder for information that will be supplied later when the function is invoked (a.k.a. "called").

Technically, it makes no difference what word you use as a parameter name (you could call it "fred" if you like), but it is considered "good practice" to use a word which conveys an idea of what the parameter is used for.