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Learning Node.js Development
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Learning Node.js Development

by Andrew Mead
January 2018
Beginner
658 pages
13h 10m
English
Packt Publishing
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Exercise – adding a new function to the export object

Now it's time for a quick challenge. What I'd like you to do is make a new function in notes.js called add. This add function will get set on the exports object.

Remember, exports is an object, so you can set multiple properties.

This add function will take two arguments, a and b; it'll add them together and return the result. Then over in app.js, I'd like you to call that add function, passing in two numbers, whatever you like, such as 9 and -2, then print the result to the screen and make sure it works correctly.

You can get started by removing the call to addNote since this will not be needed for the challenge.

So, take a moment, create that add function inside notes.js, call it inside ...

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