fun.js

var data = "hi"; //string - just holds text characters
var number = 3; // sumber
var bool = true; // boolean
var object = {"firstname":"joe","lastname":"smith", "enrolled":true,"age":25}; //this is sometimes reffered to as jasom - key value pairs all seperated by commas
//think of this as a way to hold or store data

var array = [2,3,4,5,6];
//arrays do not have key value pairs, they hold values, could be any kind of data like a boolian or whatever

data = 10 - number; //not a good practice to do this - to change the data twice

//the name does not matter bc the type is based on the data you assign to it

//operators - = assigns values 


data = 10 - number; //10-3
data++; //10+1
data--; //10-1

var hello = "Hello";

hello = hello + "there";

hello = hello + 6;

console.log(hello);
console.log(data);

if(number >= 2) {
    console.log("it is true");}
else if(number <=1)
    {console.log("Something else is true")}

else{
    console.log("Everything else is false")
}

switch(data){
    case 1:
        console.log("number is 1");
        break;
    case 2: 
        console.log("number is 2");
        break;
    default:
        console.log("number is a number");
        break;
    }
    //each case is saying "if data =#, then run that case"

function logData(text) { //calling a function with a parameter
    console.log(text)
}
logData();

//the parenthases take in data and the curly brackets are what is contained in the function

//parameters are only used within the function