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Assignment with a Returned Value

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--description--

If you'll recall from our discussion about <a href="/learn/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-javascript/storing-values-with-the-assignment-operator" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Storing Values with the Assignment Operator</a>, everything to the right of the equal sign is resolved before the value is assigned. This means we can take the return value of a function and assign it to a variable.

Assume we have defined a function sum which adds two numbers together.

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ourSum = sum(5, 12);

Calling the sum function with the arguments of 5 and 12 produces a return value of 17. This return value is assigned to the ourSum variable.

--instructions--

Call the processArg function with an argument of 7 and assign its return value to the variable processed.

--hints--

processed should have a value of 2

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assert(processed === 2);

You should assign processArg to processed

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assert(/processed\s*=\s*processArg\(\s*7\s*\)/.test(__helpers.removeJSComments(code)));

--seed--

--seed-contents--

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// Setup
let processed = 0;

function processArg(num) {
  return (num + 3) / 5;
}

// Only change code below this line

--solutions--

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var processed = 0;

function processArg(num) {
  return (num + 3) / 5;
}

processed = processArg(7);