Rock, Paper, or Scissors project. How to get rid of undefined from my outcome?

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Link: https://www.codecademy.com/paths/full-stack-engineer-career-path/tracks/fscp-javascript-syntax-part-i/modules/fecp-learn-javascript-syntax-functions/projects/rock-paper-scissors-javascript

Project: Rock, Paper, or Scissors

The outcome of my code works good but it shows undefined in the end. How to fix it?

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


const getComputerChoice = function(){
  const comrandomguess = Math.floor(Math.random()*3)
  if (comrandomguess === 0){
    return 'rock'
  } else if (comrandomguess === 1){
    return 'paper'
  } else if (comrandomguess ===2){
    return 'scissors'
  }
}

const determineWinner = function(userChoice, computerChoice){
  if (userChoice === computerChoice){
    return 'tie'
  }
  if (userChoice === 'rock'){
    if(computerChoice === 'paper'){
      return 'computer wins'
    } else {
      return 'user wins'}
  }
  if (userChoice === 'scissors'){
    if(computerChoice === 'rock'){
      return 'computer wins'
    } else {
      return 'user wins'}
  }
  if (userChoice === 'paper'){
    if(computerChoice === 'scissors'){
      return 'computer wins'
    } else {
      return 'user wins'}
  }
}


const playGame = function(){
  const userChoice = getUserChoice('paper');
  const computerChoice = getComputerChoice();
  console.log('You threw: ' + userChoice);
  console.log('The computer threw:' + computerChoice);
  console.log(determineWinner(userChoice, computerChoice));
}

console.log(playGame());
2

If you log a console.log

console.log(console.log('You threw: ' + userChoice))

the logged console returns ‘undefined’.
Instead of logging the string within your playGame function, return the string.

3

Thank you for the help. Problem solved

4

I am having the same issue, however I don’t understand your answer. Would you be able to explain it differently?

5

Do you have the revisions you made still? I am having the exact same problem, but I don’t understand the answer that was given.

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function fn() {
console.log('hello');  // logs "hello" when called
}
function fn2() {
return 'hello';
}

console.log(fn()); // logs undefined
console.log(fn2());  // logs "hello"

Maybe this also helps: Don't understand why at the end it shows undefined

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Thank you. As it turns out, my issue was similar, not the same.
I had console.log() written into the determineWinnner function. This would give me the info I needed with an additional line “undefined” printed in the console. when I called playGame. The function playGame was trying to console.log(console.log)) resulting in the undefined line.
I returned the lines in determineWinner instead of console.log() and now it works perfectly when I call playGame.

***note - I did not use console.log(playGame()) for the last line to log my results. I used playGame(). I think doing this would also fix the original issue

Hopefully this helps with anyone that is getting my issue.