Question

I try to translate this Scheme code to Javascript:

(define (double f)
  (lambda (x) (f (f x))))
(define (inc x) (+ x 1))
((double inc) 0)

((double inc) 0) means (inc (inc 0)), so it returns 2.

This is my Javascript code:

var double = function(f){
    return function(x) { f(f(x)); }
}
var inc = function(x) {return x+1;}
double(inc)(0);

But double(inc)(0) returns undefined, not 2. Why?

Answer 1

var double = function(f){
    return function(x) { return f(f(x)); }
}
var inc = function(x) {return x+1;}
double(inc)(0);

Small mistake 🙂 should work with the return.

If a function doesnt return anything, it actually returns undefined.
In your double function you have a function which returns “nothing” => you get undefined.