Posted by Platinum

So the parameter's value is assigned after the function has been coded?

The parameter's value is defined every time the function is called. If you call the function with no value in that parameter, the function will be evaluated without a value for the parameter.

ex:

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console.log(multiplyByTwo(5));
console.log(multiplyByTwo(2));
console.log(multiplyByTwo()); 


Would return

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10
4
0 


in the console log.


If you want to think of it as a real life example, think of it like this:
I go to the market and decide to get some items. I must tell the shopkeeper how much of each item I want, or the shopkeeper will be unable to get the item for me. Every time I want to get an item, I have to tell the shopkeeper how many of that item I want, and he (or she) doesn't automatically assume I want a certain amount of an item.  

I am stuck yet again;

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var creditCheck = function (income) {
    if ((income) >= 100);{
        return; "You earn a lot of money! You  qualify for a credit card.";
    } else {
        return "Alas you do not qualify for a credit card. Capitalism is cruel like that.";
    }
}
creditCheck(75);
creditCheck(125);
creditCheck(100); 


Instructions:

Spoiler

Write a function called creditCheck that takes the parameter income.
Inside the function, write an if statement where if the income is greater than or equal to 100, the computer will return "You earn a lot of money! You qualify for a credit card."

Thank you BBoyEatsBacon for that explanation, I understand it now!  

You have a stray semi-colon here:

if ((income) >= 100);{  

Posted by JesterTheCat

Roblox shows you how scripting works.

He's right.
Roblox is now making a system where when people play your game you get virtual currency that you can exchange for real money.

So basically you design games and get real money for it.  

Posted by JesterTheCat

If you really wanna see a game that can make programming fun, check out Roblox. Not CoddeAcademy. Roblox shows you how scripting works.

I used to play that game, come to think about it now, it was pretty great. Except for staff and the the rules, I remember being able to say anything on my profile got deleted because it had another accounts name in it from my friends list.. but the coding was very involved with players creating maps. Too bad I was too young to comprehend much of it, except to copy and paste codes.  

What is the best coding language to learn for a beginner? We've got JavaScript, HTML, Python, PHP etc. What is the most practical for a beginner?  

Posted by iHot

What is the best coding language to learn for a beginner? We've got JavaScript, HTML, Python, PHP etc. What is the most practical for a beginner?

We'll I'm flying through JavaScript ATM and I only had basic scripting knowledge to begin with, try that!  

Php was my first language. I liked it because it's easy to publish scripts online.  

Do HTML. It's probably the bare bones of them all. I did HTML and PHP together as my first.  

Listen to them, maybe I chose the wrong one 0.0  

Started doing html  

I've been doing python for almost a week now and i've gotten stuck. Here's what I have to do:

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Set bool_three equal to the result of 100**0.5 >= 50 or False 


But it keeps saying the bool_three value is wrong:

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bool_one = 8 == 8 or 'Cleese' == 'King Arthur'

bool_two = True or False

bool_three = 60 >= 50 or 2 > 5

bool_four = 5 == 5 or 5 > 2

bool_five = 100 == 100 or 9 != 6 


 

Posted by Ryan

I've been doing python for almost a week now and i've gotten stuck. Here's what I have to do:

PHP Code:

Set bool_three equal to the result of 100**0.5 >= 50 or False 


But it keeps saying the bool_three value is wrong:

PHP Code:

bool_one = 8 == 8 or 'Cleese' == 'King Arthur'

bool_two = True or False

bool_three = 60 >= 50 or 2 > 5

bool_four = 5 == 5 or 5 > 2

bool_five = 100 == 100 or 9 != 6 


Bool 3 needs to be False or False.
100**0.5 is the same as 100^0.5, which would be 10...