Error with variables in JavaScript

[Chris Lowles]

Could someone look into this, the function isn’t returning the way i need it to be.

[Alen]

What are we looking at? What are you trying to do?

[Chromawoods]

Uncaught ReferenceError: $ is not defined

You have not included jQuery?

[Alen]

wikiaPageType != "forum" this means is NOT equal to, which is denoted by the !=.

[Alen]

var wikiaPageType = "forum";

(function(){
  
  if ( wikiaPageType === "forum" ) {
    console.log("yes, it's forum");
  }
  
})();

[__]

the function isn’t returning the way i need it to be.

The function doesn’t return a value at all. It logs a message and then returns nothing.

@Alen’s comment probably answered your specific question, but beyond that, you should be passing your variable into the function deliberately, rather than falling back onto the global scope.

var wikiaPageType = "forum";

(function( wpt ){
    if( wpt === "forum" ){
        console.log( "you're in the forum" );
    }
})( wikiaPageType );

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