What is the primary purpose of parameters in a JavaScript function?

To act as placeholders for values that the function will use when it is executed.

In JavaScript, what is the primary purpose of the function block (the code within the curly brackets {})?

It contains the instructions that the function will execute.

Name: JavaScript Functions
Author: Insta~Lesson

7th Grade · Computer Science · 45 min

I can write a JavaScript function to perform a specific task.

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A JavaScript function is a sub program that performs a specific task, such as calculate, print, or process data.
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To declare a function, you start with the function keyword, then the function name, parentheses, and curly brackets containing the code to be executed.
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A function can only return one thing, but you can return an object containing multiple values if needed.

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