@litppunk,
What you must understand
employee is a so-called parameter
this employee parameter will be used as a =local= variable
in the FUNCTION-BODY.
Now if you call the Method/Function
you provide a so-called argument which is the object Value me
Now during the execution of the Method/Function
employee is referring to the object me.
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the FUNCTION talk
var myFunc = function( param1, param2) {
//Begin of anonymous FUNCTION-BODY
//VARIABLE -myFunc- has an -anonymous function- assigned
//this -anonymous function- has 2 PARAMETERS param1 and param2
//param1 and param2 PARAMETERS are used
//as -local- VARIABLES throughout the FUNCTION-BODY
console.log( param1 + " and " + param2 ) ;
//End of anonymous FUNCTION-BODY
};
If you want to call/execute the anonymous function
you will have to add a pair of parentheses to the variable myFunc
like
myFunc();
As the anonymous function was defined
as having 2 parameters
you have to provide 2 arguments
in our case 2 string VALUES āAlenaā and āLaurenā
like
myFunc(āAlenaā,āLaurenā);
some quotes from the outer-world:
argument is the value/variable/reference being passed in,
parameter is the receiving variable used within the function/block
OR
"parameters" are called āformal parametersā,
while āargumentsā are called āactual parametersā.
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function with 1 parameter using return-statement
var myFunction = function( param1 ) {
//Begin of FUNCTION-BODY
//myFunction =function= has 1 PARAMETER param1
//this param1 PARAMETER is used as a -local- VARIABLE
//throughout the FUNCTION-BODY
return param1;
//End of FUNCTION-BODY
};
you have defined a myFunction function
which takes 1 parameter param1
this param1 parameter is used
as a variable throughout the FUNCTION-BODY.
If you want to call/execute this myFunction function
and this myFunction function was defined
as having 1 parameter param1
you will have to provide 1 argument
in our case a ānumber VALUEā 4
myFunction( 4 );
some quotes from the outer-world:
argument is the value/variable/reference being passed in,
parameter is the receiving variable used within the function/block
OR
"parameters" are called āformal parametersā,
while āargumentsā are called āactual parametersā.
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As you are using the return-statement in your myFunction function
you will only get a return-value no-display.
You can however capture this return-value in a variable
and then use the console.log()-method to do a display.
var theResult = myFunction( 4 );
console.log( theResult );
OR directly
console.log( myFunction( 4 ) );