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| id: 56533eb9ac21ba0edf2244bd
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| title: Passing Values to Functions with Arguments
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| challengeType: 1
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| videoUrl: 'https://scrimba.com/c/cy8rahW'
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| forumTopicId: 18254
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| dashedName: passing-values-to-functions-with-arguments
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| ---
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| 
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| # --description--
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| 
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| <dfn>Parameters</dfn> are variables that act as placeholders for the values that are to be input to a function when it is called. When a function is defined, it is typically defined along with one or more parameters. The actual values that are input (or <dfn>"passed"</dfn>) into a function when it is called are known as <dfn>arguments</dfn>.
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| 
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| Here is a function with two parameters, `param1` and `param2`:
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| 
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| ```js
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| function testFun(param1, param2) {
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|   console.log(param1, param2);
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| }
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| ```
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| 
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| Then we can call `testFun` like this: `testFun("Hello", "World");`. We have passed two string arguments, `Hello` and `World`. Inside the function, `param1` will equal the string `Hello` and `param2` will equal the string `World`. Note that you could call `testFun` again with different arguments and the parameters would take on the value of the new arguments.
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| 
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| # --instructions--
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| 
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| <ol><li>Create a function called <code>functionWithArgs</code> that accepts two arguments and outputs their sum to the dev console.</li><li>Call the function with two numbers as arguments.</li></ol>
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| 
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| # --hints--
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| 
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| `functionWithArgs` should be a function.
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| 
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| ```js
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| assert(typeof functionWithArgs === 'function');
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| ```
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| 
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| `functionWithArgs(1,2)` should output `3`.
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| 
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| ```js
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| if (typeof functionWithArgs === 'function') {
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|   capture();
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|   functionWithArgs(1, 2);
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|   uncapture();
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| }
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| assert(logOutput == 3);
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| ```
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| 
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| `functionWithArgs(7,9)` should output `16`.
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| 
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| ```js
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| if (typeof functionWithArgs === 'function') {
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|   capture();
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|   functionWithArgs(7, 9);
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|   uncapture();
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| }
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| assert(logOutput == 16);
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| ```
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| 
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| You should call `functionWithArgs` with two numbers after you define it.
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| 
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| ```js
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| assert(
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|   /functionWithArgs\([-+]?\d*\.?\d*,[-+]?\d*\.?\d*\)/.test(
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|     code.replace(/\s/g, '')
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|   )
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| );
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| ```
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| 
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| # --seed--
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| 
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| ## --before-user-code--
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| 
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| ```js
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| var logOutput = "";
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| var originalConsole = console
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| function capture() {
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|     var nativeLog = console.log;
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|     console.log = function (message) {
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|         if(message) logOutput = JSON.stringify(message).trim();
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|         if(nativeLog.apply) {
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|           nativeLog.apply(originalConsole, arguments);
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|         } else {
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|           var nativeMsg = Array.prototype.slice.apply(arguments).join(' ');
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|           nativeLog(nativeMsg);
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|         }
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|     };
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| }
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| 
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| function uncapture() {
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|   console.log = originalConsole.log;
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| }
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| 
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| capture();
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| ```
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| 
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| ## --after-user-code--
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| 
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| ```js
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| uncapture();
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| 
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| if (typeof functionWithArgs !== "function") { 
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|   (function() { return "functionWithArgs is not defined"; })();
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| } else {
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|   (function() { return logOutput || "console.log never called"; })();
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| }
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| ```
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| 
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| ## --seed-contents--
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| 
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| ```js
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| ```
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| 
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| # --solutions--
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| 
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| ```js
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| function functionWithArgs(a, b) {
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|   console.log(a + b);
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| }
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| functionWithArgs(10, 5);
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| ```
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