Avoid Mutations and Side Effects Using Functional Programming

JavaScript
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Tell us what’s happening:

Your code so far


// the global variable
var fixedValue = 4;

function incrementer () {
  // Add your code below this line
 

   return  fixedValue;
   fixedValue ++;
  // Add your code above this line
}

var newValue = incrementer(); // Should equal 5
console.log(fixedValue); // Should print 4

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Link to the challenge:
https://learn.freecodecamp.org/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/functional-programming/avoid-mutations-and-side-effects-using-functional-programming

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so,I don’t know how to figure it out ,only one can get a check

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The requirements are asking you to return the value of fixedValue incremented by one, but not change it

One of the core principle of functional programming is to not change things

So you must return 5 from the function, while still leaving fixedValue at 4.

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I get it, this is my result:let x=fixedValue+1; return x;

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You should overwrite your code this way :

let x = fixedValue; 
return x + 1;

Then. Everything will be okay.

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i just wrote :

return fixedValue +1;
and it worked perfectly

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// the global variable
var fixedValue = 4;

function incrementer () {
// Add your code below this line

return (fixedValue,5);
// Add your code above this line
}

var newValue = incrementer(); // Should equal 5
console.log(fixedValue); // Should print 4

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I am having problems with this lesson. I put the correct code but, the website said it is not correct.

Please help me!

Cristian Prieto

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