Functions

• just like a VARIABLE is a name for a chunk of data
• a FUNCTION is a name for a chunk of code
• if you have some code you want to run again and again
  • or just run once, but keep it organized

Function example

Here's a not very useful function:

function add(x, y) {
  return x + y;
}

• function means "define a function"
• add is the name of the function
• x, y are the parameters of the function
• return x + y is the body of the function
  • also the return value because of the magic word return

Call Me, Maybe

You call a function by its name, plus parentheses:

function add(x, y) {
  return x + y;
}

add(2, 3)   // returns 5
add(12, 30) // returns 42

Lab: isDivisible

One number is divisible by another if you divide them and the remainder is 0.

Write a function called isDivisibleBy that takes two numbers, and returns true if the first number is divisible by the second number, and false otherwise.

isDivisibleBy(100, 10)    // true
isDivisibleBy(100, 7)     // false
isDivisibleBy(3333, 11)   // true
isDivisibleBy(99, 12)     // false

Rant!!!

function rant(opinion) {
  return opinion.toUpperCase().replace(/ /g, "") + "!!!"
}

console.log(rant("i like pizza"));

/ /g is a regular expression; for now just think of it like a weird string. It defines the substring to replace, and the g at the end stands for "global" and means "replace them all, not just the first one".

Capitalize

function capitalize(s) {
  return s[0].toUpperCase() + s.slice(1).toLowerCase()
}

console.log(capitalize("smith"));
console.log(capitalize("MACGUYVER"));

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Titleize

function capitalize(s) {
  return s[0].toUpperCase() + s.slice(1).toLowerCase()
}

function titlecase(s) {
  return s.split(' ').map((word) => capitalize(word)).join(' ');
}

console.log(titlecase("the rain in spain falls MAINLY on the PLAIN"));

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Function names can be variable names

The following two are roughly equivalent:

function add(x,y) { return x + y; }

var add = function(x,y) { return x + y; };

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