Help on using a function as a parameter in another function

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#1

Hi guys,

I tried the rock paper scissors project on javascript and run into “TypeError: getComputerChoice is not a function” when I tried to use a previously defined function as a parameter in another function. For some reason JS refuses to acknowledge that the function was previously defined. Can someone assist?

Code as follow:

const getUserChoice = userInput => {

  userInput = userInput.toLowerCase();

  if (userInput ===  'rock'|| userInput === 'paper' || userInput === 'scissors') {

    return userInput;

  } else {

    return console.log("Error");

  }

}

const getComputerChoice = () => {

  if (Math.floor(Math.random()*3) === 0) {

    return 'rock';

  } else if (Math.floor(Math.random()*3) === 1) {

    return 'paper';

  } else {

    return 'scissors';

  }

}

function determineWinner(getUserChoice,getComputerChoice) {

  if (getUserChoice === getComputerChoice) {

    console.log(getComputerChoice() + "tie")

  } else if (getUserChoice === "rock") {

    if (getComputerChoice === "paper") {

      console.log(getComputerChoice(), "lose");

    } else {

      console.log(getComputerChoice(), "win");

    }

  } else if (getUserChoice === "paper") {

    if (getComputerChoice === "rock") {

      console.log(getComputerChoice(), "win");

    } else {

      console.log(getComputerChoice(), "lose");

    }

  } else if (getUserChoice === "scissors") {

    if (getComputerChoice === "paper") {

      console.log(getComputerChoice(), "win");

    } else {

      console.log(getComputerChoice(), "lose");

    }

  } else {

    console.log(getComputerChoice(), "error");

  }

}

console.log(determineWinner())
#2

There quite a lot of problems with this code. But lets focus on the error at hand, and see how you can go from there.

so here, you declare a function with two parametes:

function determineWinner(getUserChoice,getComputerChoice)

yet when you call the function:

console.log(determineWinner())

you provide no arguments for the parameters, so the values of the parameters are now undefined as we can see by adding a .log():

function determineWinner(getUserChoice,getComputerChoice) {
   console.log(getUserChoice, getComputerChoice);

given both these variable are now undefined, this condition is true:

if (getUserChoice === getComputerChoice)

then here:

console.log(getComputerChoice() + "tie")

trying to call undefined as a function will result in an error

#4

Thanks for the reply, helped alot. I fixed the code with a workaround by using a variable as a parameter instead of functions. However, I’m still curious if it’s possible for a function to take other functions as parameters and if possible how is it done?

Work around as follow:

const getUserChoice = userInput => {
  userInput = userInput.toLowerCase();
  if (userInput ===  'rock'|| userInput === 'paper' || userInput === 'scissors') {
    return userInput;
  } else {
    return console.log("Error");
  }
}

const getComputerChoice = () => {
  if (Math.floor(Math.random()*3) === 0) {
    return 'rock';
  } else if (Math.floor(Math.random()*3) === 1) {
    return 'paper';
  } else {
    return 'scissors';
  }
}


function determineWinner(userChoice) {
  userChoice = getUserChoice(userChoice);
  computerChoice = getComputerChoice();
  if (userChoice === computerChoice) {
    return computerChoice + " tie"
  } else if (userChoice === "rock") {
    if (computerChoice === "paper") {
      return computerChoice + " lose";
    } else {
      return computerChoice + " win";
    }
  } else if (userChoice === "paper") {
    if (computerChoice === "rock") {
      return computerChoice + " win";
    } else {
      return computerChoice + " lose";
    }
  } else if (userChoice === "scissors") {
    if (computerChoice === "paper") {
      return computerChoice + " win";
    } else {
      return computerChoice + " lose";
    }
  } else {
    return computerChoice + " error";
  }
}

console.log(determineWinner("scissors"))
#5

I would personally keep the two parameters of the determineWinner function.

and do:

userChoice = getUserChoice(userChoice);
computerChoice = getComputerChoice();

console.log(determineWinner(userChoice, computerChoice));

or even better, make a playGame function which gets the user and computer choice and pass it down to determine winner function

we can:

const myFunc = () => {
    console.log('hello world');
}

const example = func => {
   func()
}

example(myFunc)