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---
id: 56533eb9ac21ba0edf2244bd
title: Passing Values to Functions with Arguments
challengeType: 1
videoUrl: 'https://scrimba.com/c/cy8rahW'
forumTopicId: 18254
dashedName: passing-values-to-functions-with-arguments
---
# --description--
<dfn>Parameters</dfn> are variables that act as placeholders for the values that are to be input to a function when it is called. When a function is defined, it is typically defined along with one or more parameters. The actual values that are input (or <dfn>"passed"</dfn>) into a function when it is called are known as <dfn>arguments</dfn>.
Here is a function with two parameters, `param1` and `param2`:
```js
function testFun(param1, param2) {
console.log(param1, param2);
}
```
Then we can call `testFun` like this: `testFun("Hello", "World");`. We have passed two string arguments, `Hello` and `World`. Inside the function, `param1` will equal the string `Hello` and `param2` will equal the string `World`. Note that you could call `testFun` again with different arguments and the parameters would take on the value of the new arguments.
# --instructions--
<ol><li>Create a function called <code>functionWithArgs</code> that accepts two arguments and outputs their sum to the dev console.</li><li>Call the function with two numbers as arguments.</li></ol>
# --hints--
`functionWithArgs` should be a function.
```js
assert(typeof functionWithArgs === 'function');
```
`functionWithArgs(1,2)` should output `3`.
```js
if (typeof functionWithArgs === 'function') {
capture();
functionWithArgs(1, 2);
uncapture();
}
assert(logOutput == 3);
```
`functionWithArgs(7,9)` should output `16`.
```js
if (typeof functionWithArgs === 'function') {
capture();
functionWithArgs(7, 9);
uncapture();
}
assert(logOutput == 16);
```
You should call `functionWithArgs` with two numbers after you define it.
```js
assert(
/functionWithArgs\([-+]?\d*\.?\d*,[-+]?\d*\.?\d*\)/.test(
code.replace(/\s/g, '')
)
);
```
# --seed--
## --before-user-code--
```js
var logOutput = "";
var originalConsole = console
function capture() {
var nativeLog = console.log;
console.log = function (message) {
if(message) logOutput = JSON.stringify(message).trim();
if(nativeLog.apply) {
nativeLog.apply(originalConsole, arguments);
} else {
var nativeMsg = Array.prototype.slice.apply(arguments).join(' ');
nativeLog(nativeMsg);
}
};
}
function uncapture() {
console.log = originalConsole.log;
}
capture();
```
## --after-user-code--
```js
uncapture();
if (typeof functionWithArgs !== "function") {
(function() { return "functionWithArgs is not defined"; })();
} else {
(function() { return logOutput || "console.log never called"; })();
}
```
## --seed-contents--
```js
```
# --solutions--
```js
function functionWithArgs(a, b) {
console.log(a + b);
}
functionWithArgs(10, 5);
```