freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/02-javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/es6/import-a-default-export.md

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id: 587d7b8d367417b2b2512b59
title: Import a Default Export
challengeType: 1
forumTopicId: 301205
---

## Description
<section id='description'>
In the last challenge, you learned about <code>export default</code> and its uses. To import a default export, you need to use a different <code>import</code> syntax. In the following example, <code>add</code> is the default export of the <code>math_functions.js</code> file. Here is how to import it:

```js
import add from "./math_functions.js";
```

The syntax differs in one key place. The imported value, <code>add</code>, is not surrounded by curly braces (<code>{}</code>). <code>add</code> here is simply a variable name for whatever the default export of the <code>math_functions.js</code> file is. You can use any name here when importing a default.
</section>

## Instructions
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In the following code, import the default export from the <code>math_functions.js</code> file, found in the same directory as this file. Give the import the name <code>subtract</code>.
</section>

## Tests
<section id='tests'>

```yml
tests:
  - text: You should properly import <code>subtract</code> from <code>math_functions.js</code>.
    testString: assert(code.match(/import\s+subtract\s+from\s+('|")\.\/math_functions\.js\1/g));
```

</section>

## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>
<div id='js-seed'>

```js
  
// Only change code above this line

subtract(7,4);
```

</div>
</section>

## Solution
<section id='solution'>

```js
import subtract from "./math_functions.js";

subtract(7,4);
```

</section>