No output in javascript program

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Hello,

I'm writting a simple code which gets two numbers as an input and returns the summation of them as the output:

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What I have tried:

function summation(num1, num2) {
let sum = num1 + num2;
return ("The result is: "+ sum);
}
summation(5,5);

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The problem is that for whatever compiler I use, I don't get any output.

Could someone please help?

Thanks.

Posted 21-Jan-23 12:24pm

Guilherme Romero

Updated 21-Jan-23 20:10pm

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Dave Kreskowiak 21-Jan-23 21:14pm

Javascript? Javascript doesn't have a compiler. It's an interpreted language, normally used in a browser.

Are you talking about Java, which is NOT the same as javascript?

OriginalGriff 22-Jan-23 2:11am

No, it's JS - the function keyword is a giveaway.

Dave Kreskowiak 22-Jan-23 9:40am

I should have caught that. I'm going to blame the drugs for that one. :)

OriginalGriff 22-Jan-23 9:49am

Medicinal or recreational? :laugh:

Dave Kreskowiak 22-Jan-23 9:54am

Sadly, the former. My own fault for sitting on my ass too much driving a keyboard and mouse all day.

Guilherme Romero 22-Jan-23 9:21am

No, I'm talking about Javascript. In the online GDB compiler , there's an option for using JAvascript(Rhino) as a language.

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OriginalGriff · Accepted Answer · 2023-01-21T20:10:00

Returning a value from a function in javascript (or any other language) does not automatically display it anywhere - you have to take the result and cause it to appear someWhere. If that wasn't the case, functions would become pretty much unusable as every time you called one, it would display the result even if the user doesn't need to see it!

Start here: JavaScript Functions[^] which shows an example of how to display a return value.