freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Returning Boolean Values from Functions

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Returning Boolean Values from Functions

Problem Explanation

Instead of using an if/else block to compare variable we can do it right inside the return statement with a comparison operator and minmal code.

Fix the function isLess to remove the if...else statements.

// Fix this code
if (a < b) {
  return true;
} else {
  return false;
}

Hints

Hint 1

As with the previous exercise you are about to change how the function returns the correct value, meaning you don’t have to reuse or modify that code but to substitute it.

Hint 2

In order to return true or false you don’t need two statements nor use if ones. The correct comparison operator is all you need.

Solutions

Solution 1 (Click to Show/Hide) 
function isLess(a, b) {
  // Fix this code
  return a <= b;
}
// Change these values to test
isLess(10, 15);

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I really don’t understand this one! can someone help?

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Watch what you have in Instructions. - create function less then
function isLess(a, b) {
// Fix this code
return a < b;

}
this would work

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Further explanation:

The purpose of isLess() is to determine whether a value is less than b value.
So if a is less than b, the answer should be TRUE. If not, you should receive a FALSE response in the console.

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This worked for me.

function isLess(a, b) {
switch (true) {
case a < b:
answer = true;
break;
case a > b:
answer = false;
break;
}
return answer;
}

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it works for me.

function isLess(a, b) {
  // Fix this code
  return a*3 === b*2;
}

// Change these values to test
isLess(10, 15);
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why so long, just:

function isLess(a,b) {
return a < b;
}

working fine

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