Javascript help! i am a noob!!!

[Logic Ali]

Originally Posted by Old Pedant

The "framework" that will test his code is not even going to LOOK at the return value from the function.

Without seeing it's source code, how can you possibly know that?

However unnecessary in the circumstances, the requirement was to use return, so it could be critical.

[Old Pedant]

Read my prior answer about needing a new brain.

I flat out misread the original post.

[Philip M]

You seem to have got your knickers in a twist. It was a simple enough question. Surely what the OP is looking for was (as xelawho has said)

<script type="text/javascript">

var fullname = "";  // fullname declared outside the function is a global variable
function Bold_Name(which) {
fullname = "<b>";
fullname += which;
fullname += "</b>";
return fullname;
}

alert (Bold_Name("Philip"));
</script>

[xelawho]

oh, my. I'm beginning to see another reason why we shouldn't be doing homework questions. From the instructions:

Do not ... initialize fullname, it will be done for you.

so this:

var fullname = "";

will wipe out the value of the established variable. ie, FAIL

there's nothing about Bold_Name accepting an argument, so this:

function Bold_Name(which)

will also naturally FAIL

the simplest answer I can see here is

function Bold_Name() {
return "<b>"+fullname+"</b>";
}

slightly fancier being

function Bold_Name() {
var str = "<b>";
str += fullname;
str += "</b>";
return str;
}