module 12 - functions

Question

there was a question in this module, that I think is incorrect.
the question was:

What will be the output of this code?
function divide(x,y) {
return x/y;
}
divide(6,3);

Answers
2
3
nothing

The answer should be two (I checked this in the console as well to be sure).
but the answer was nothing and I can't see why and can only assume this is a mistake.

Answer 1

I would say "nothing" is correct because you never print the value.
You just call the function, which returns the value. But then nothing happens with this value.
.
To get an output you would need to write console.log(divide(6,3));

Answer 2

Try this small code:

function divide(x,y){
return x/y
}

divide(6,3)
console.log(divide(4,2))
res = divide(9,3)
console.log(res)

divide(6,3) -> value is lost
divide(4,2) -> console.log()
-> output 2
divide(9,3) -> res gets 3
-> console.log() -> output 3

Answer 3

Denise Roßberg

yes that makes sense, I was checking it in the browser console which would return a value - thanks