Arrow Functions Vs Regular Functions in JavaScript (2023)

By Geoff Griffiths @mmatraining1980

JavaScript has 2 types of functions.

Normal/regular functions

Arrow functions

Arrow functions are simpler and shorter.

A normal JS function, with arguments (stuff in brackets), which returns something:

function multiply(num1, num2) {
  const result = num1 * num2
  return result
}

The same function, as an arrow function is:

const multiply = (num1, num2) => {
  const result = num1 * num2
  return result
}

If the only statement, is the return statement, then the arrow function can be even shorter:

const multiply = (num1, num2) => num1 * num2

Reference

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You can define functions in JavaScript by using the “function” keyword.

// Function declaration
function greet(who) {
  return `Hello, ${who}!`;
}

The second way to define a function, is to use the arrow function syntax:

const greet = (who) => {
return Hello, ${who}!;
}

Reference

you can omit the return statement and curly braces in arrow function, when its a one line function

2. When the function has only 1 argument, the round bracket is optional.

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