WDV2221 Intro Javascript

Unit-4 Assignment - Functions with Parameters

Problem 1

a. Create a global variable called schoolName. Assign it an initial value of "Des Moines Area Community College".

b. Create a function called processString( ).

the function will accept one input parameter called inValue
use the String.length property to display the number of characters to the console
use the toUpperCase( ) to display the string in capital letters to the console
display the first five letters of the string to the console

c. Call this function using a button and the onclick event handler. Pass in the schoolName variable as the parameter.

Problem 2

a. Create two global variables. One called name1 and assign it a value of "Mary". The other called name2 and assign it a value of "Smith".

b. Create a function called printName( ).

the function will accept two parameters, firstName and lastName.
concatenate the names into a single string formatted as "firstName lastName" and display the result to the document
concatenate the names into a single string formatted as "lastName, firstName" and display the result to the document
concatenate the names into a single string formatted as "lastName(all capitals), firstName" and display the result to the document

c. Call this function during runtime. Pass in the name1 and name2 variables as the parameters.

Problem 3

a. Create a global variable called totalSales. Assign it a value of 3435.6. It should be numeric data type.

b. Use the provided currency formatting function to display totalSales formatted as currency in the following line.

Problem 4

a. Use the provided date functions and concatenation to display today's date in the following format Monday, January 2, 2018.

Today's date:

Problem 5

a. Use the provided date functions and concatenation to display today's date in the following format "mm/dd/yyyy".

Today's date: