Functions are very important when working with JavaScript. We will also use functions in our examples.
The following code demonstrates the basic syntax of a function. It does not have arguments or the return statement:
function sayHello() { console.log('Hello!'); }
To execute this code, we simply use the following statement:
sayHello();
We can also pass arguments to a function. Arguments are variables with which a function is supposed to do something. The following code demonstrates how to use arguments with functions:
function output(text) { console.log(text); }
To use this function, we can use the following code:
output('Hello!');
You can use as many arguments as you like, as follows:
output('Hello!', 'Other text');
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