Assigning function to variable in JavaScript?

Javascript Web Development Object Oriented Programming

Use return statement to assign function to variables. Following is the code −

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initialscale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<style>
   .demo {
      background: skyblue;
      height: 20px;
      width: 75%;
      margin: 10px;
      padding: 10px;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="demo" data-st="John">John Smith</div>
<div class="demo" data-st="David">David Miller</div>
<div class="demo" data-st="Adam">Adam Smith</div>
<script>
   var studentNames = function() {
      var names = [];
      $(".demo").each(function() {
         names.push($(this).data('st'));
      });
      return names.join();
   };
   console.log( studentNames() );
</script>
</body>
</html>

To run the above program, save the file name “anyName.html(index.html)” and right click on the file. Select the option “Open with Live Server” in VS Code editor.