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--description--

Values returned out of a function are used by calling the function. You can use the function call directly as the value it returns, or capture the returned value in a variable. This way, you can use the value assigned to a locally scoped variable, outside the function it was created in.

js
function getName() {
  const name = "Camper cat";
  return name;
}

console.log(getName()); // "Camper cat"

const capturedReturnValue = getName();
console.log(capturedReturnValue); // "Camper cat"

console.log(name); // reference error

To use your "Testing" value, return it out of the padRow function by updating your return statement to return only the test variable.

--hints--

Your padRow function should return the test variable.

js
assert.equal(padRow("Naomi"), "Testing");

--seed--

--seed-contents--

js
const character = "#";
const count = 8;
const rows = [];

--fcc-editable-region--
function padRow(name) {
  const test = "Testing";  
  return character + name;
}

--fcc-editable-region--
const call = padRow("CamperChan");
console.log(call);


for (let i = 0; i < count; i = i + 1) {
  rows.push(character.repeat(i + 1))
}

let result = ""

for (const row of rows) {
  result = result + row + "\n";
}

console.log(result);