Values to Functions with Arguments

JavaScript
1

Tell us what’s happening:

What am i doing wrong?!? I can’t for the life of me figure this one out…help!!

Your code so far

// Example
function ourFunctionWithArgs(a, b) {
  console.log(a - b);
}
ourFunctionWithArgs(10, 5); // Outputs 5

// Only change code below this line.
function testFun(a, b) {
  console.log(a - b);
}
ourFunctionWithArgs(1,2);

ourFunctionWithArgs(7,9);```
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**Link to the challenge:**
https://www.freecodecamp.org/challenges/passing-values-to-functions-with-arguments
2

What do the failing tests say?

It doesn’t look like you actually ever call the function testFun

3 
// Example
function ourFunctionWithArgs(a, b) {
  console.log(a - b);
}
ourFunctionWithArgs(10, 5); // Outputs 5

// Only change code below this line.
function testFun(a, b) {
  console.log(a - b);
}
ourFunctionWithArgs(1,2);

ourFunctionWithArgs(7,9);

so is it this but instead of ourFunctionWith Args it should be testFun? so confused

4

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5

ourFunctionWithArgs(1,2) will run the example function ourFunctionWithArgs with the arguments 1 and 2.
If you want to run the function testFun, then you need to call it.

6

this still is not making any sense

‘’’
// Example
function ourFunctionWithArgs(a, b) {
console.log(a - b);
}
ourFunctionWithArgs(10, 5); // Outputs 5

// Only change code below this line.
function ourFunctionWithArgs(a, b) {
console.log( - b);
}
ourFunctionWithArgs(1,2);

ourFunctionWithArgs(7,9);

ourFuntionWithArgs();
‘’’
first one is checked off, the rest and marked wrong what am i doing wrong???

7

Why did you change the name of your function?

8

because neither one was showing up right…
can this be explained in the simplest of terms so i can understand it?
How did you pass this one?

9

Functions have names. Functions only run when you call them using their names.

function theFunctionName(whatever) {
    whatever
}

doesn’t do anything unless you call it

theFunctionName(something);