Sum with closures
importance: 4
Write function sum
that works like this: sum(a)(b) = a+b
.
Yes, exactly this way, using double parentheses (not a mistype).
For instance:
sum(1)(2) = 3
sum(5)(-1) = 4
For the second parentheses to work, the first ones must return a function.
Like this:
function sum(a) {
return function(b) {
return a + b; // takes "a" from the outer lexical environment
};
}
alert( sum(1)(2) ); // 3
alert( sum(5)(-1) ); // 4