Example 1 : Simple Callback function
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge"> <title>JavaScript</title> </head> <body> <script> let x = function(){ console.log('I am called from inside a function'); } let y = function(callback){ console.log('do something'); callback(); } y(x); </script> </body> </html>
Example 2 : Example of making functions abstract and calling it
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge"> <title>JavaScript</title> </head> <body> <script> let add = function(num1,num2){ return num1+num2; } let multiply = function(num1,num2){ return num1*num2; } let calc = function(num1, num2, callback){ return callback(num1,num2); } console.log(calc(10,20,add)); </script> </body> </html>
Example 3 : Example of passing anonymous function to a function
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge"> <title>JavaScript</title> </head> <body> <script> let calc = function(num1, num2, callback){ return callback(num1,num2); } console.log(calc(10,20,function(x,y) { return x+y; } )); </script> </body> </html>
Example 4: Sorting of array
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge"> <title>JavaScript</title> </head> <body> <script> var myArr = [{ num: 5, str: 'apple' }, { num: 7, str: 'cabbage' }, { num: 1, str: 'lol' }]; myArr.sort(function(x,y){ if(x.num > y.num){ return 1; }else{ return -1; } }); console.log(myArr); </script> </body> </html>