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Calling a Function

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hiyatran

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I would like to call a function within a function. Is this even possible??
When I do this I get "undefined"

Here's my code:
Code:
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function product(a,b){
   total = a*b;
   display(total);
}

function display(num){
   return num;
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
<h1>This text I do NOT want to be erased.</h1>

<a href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://google.com"[/URL] target="_blank">Total: </a>
<script type="text/javascript">
product(3,4);
document.write(display());
</script>

</body>
</html>

I know you can just return in the first function, "product()" but I would like to do something else in my second function "display()" then return a value.

thanks

 
I don't follow.
You have your display function inside your product function. So that would execute product function which multiplies your passed values, and at the end call the display function to do something else with that value.

Can you explain a bit more what it is you want to do?






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Hi

In the function declaration you promised to display() it will get a parameter when called. Then you gave it nothing. That is called [tt]undefined[/tt] in JavaScript. Give it the parameter it expects :
JavaScript:
document[teal].[/teal][COLOR=darkgoldenrod]write[/color][teal]([/teal][COLOR=darkgoldenrod]display[/color][teal]([/teal][COLOR=darkgoldenrod]product[/color][teal]([/teal][purple]3[/purple][teal],[/teal][purple]4[/purple][teal])));[/teal]


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