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

Kathy Epperson
Kathy Epperson
1,884 Points
Posted by Kathy Epperson
Kathy Epperson
1,884 Points

Trying to return function, but code challenge tells me "Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing." Help!

I'm on step 2 of a code challenge after getting step 1 right, but now it's telling me "Oops! It looks like Task 1 is no longer passing." I go back to Step 1, and it works fine (no changes), then go back to step 2 and type return year;

What am I doing wrong?

script.js 
function getYear() {
  var year = new Date().getfullYear();
  return year;
}
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>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Any syntax error invalidates the entire script and causes the re-validations to fail.

In this case it is because of spelling "getfullYear" (with lower-case "f") instead of "getFullYear" (capital "F").

I generally cut-and-paste anything the instructions say to use verbatim to avoid issues with typo's.

Bruno Bento
Bruno Bento
2,579 Points
Bruno Bento
Bruno Bento
2,579 Points

you have the function getFullYear() wrong needs a capital F the script below.

function getYear() { var year = new Date().getFullYear(); return year; }