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Now this is nothing new and fresh but for me it really was an ah ha moment when you are building out an application there are times when having a pre set function that is going to do some work later on. Now I am familiar with objects, methods, ect but sometimes a function within a function just feels right.

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Lets Make Sandwiches With JavaScript

In this example let’s say we are making 3 different types of sandwiches, but depending on the type of sandwich there is going to be a different cost associated.

Sandwich types:

Dutch Munch, Tater Island, and Sweet Georgia

Each of these are going to have an automatic calculation associate with them due to the ingredients.

Dutch munch = toppings + 2

Tater Island = toppings * 3

Sweet Georgia = topping – 1

Bread cost = 1$ per slice

How Can A Function Help

Knowing that the cost of toppings plus the type of sandwich up charge how can we do this?

Let’s say that we need to have each topping cost $1 and each piece of bread used is also $1, but then each type of sandwich due to the cost of meat, special ect has certain costs associated. So first we know we are going to have a sandwich function which will always have the toppings and sandwich types, and each type of sandwich is going to have its own function.

Const toppingTotal = 1;

Cost bread =1;


Function dutchMunch(toppingTotal, bread){
Return (toppingTotal + bread) + 2

}

Function taterIsland(toppingTotal, bread){
Return (toppingTotal + bread) * 3

}

Function sweetGeorgia(toppingTotal, bread){
Return (toppingTotal + bread) -1

}

Function sandwich(toppingTotal,bread,sandType){
Return sandType(toppingtoal, bread);

}

Higher Order Function What!

So what is a Higher Order Function… basically, just a function that can take other functions as inputs. This helps in this situation as when we are creating the orders the input can be as follows.

sandwich(3,3,sweetGeorgia);

Behind the scenes this is automatically providing the (toppingTotal + bread) -1 that is allocated when someone buys a Sweet Georgia sandwich as it is the sandwich of the day. So save a buck and write a higher order function.

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What we did here is the beauty of JS and that is using a higher order function that is taking inputs from other functions to get the job done!