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Different Types of Function

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  1. Function Declaration
  2. Function Expression
  3. Anonymous Function Expression
  4. Arrow function

Function Declaration

When a function is starting with keyword function that kind of function is known as function declration.

ex-

function add(a,b){
return a+b
}
add(1,2)
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Function Expression

When a function is starting with expression that kind of function is known as function expression.

  • Expression is anything that results into value
  • The function that stored in a variable known as function expression
  • In function expression you can avoid the name of the function because in function expression name has no Use
  • function name is optional
  • In function expression you will always call the function with the name of the variable not with name of the function.

ex-

const addnumber = function add (num1,num2){
return num1 + num2
}
add(10,12)
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Anonymous Function Expression

When there is no name to function that kind of function is known as Anonymous function

ex-

const addnumber = function (num1,num2){
return num1 + num2
}
addNumber(10,10)
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Arrow Function

Arrow function is a shorter way of writting @Anonymous function

  • The way you make it short is by removing keyword function from it
  • You add special sambol ( => eqaul to ,greater than) known as aerrow
  • Remove function and replace with ( => )aerrow
  • You can never name a Arrow function
  • Arrow function always be anonymous ex- 
    const addnumber = (num1,num2) =>{
return num1+num2
}
addNumber(2,3)
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