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HTML

<h1> Futzing Around With JavaScript </h1>
<div id="minimum"><\div>

JavaScript

/* the following function takes numbers and 
returns the smaller of the two */
var minimum =  $('#minimum');
function findSmallest(firstNum, secondNum){
   if (firstNum == secondNum)
       minimum.html("Numbers are Equivalent!");
   else if (firstNum > secondNum)
       minimum.html(secondNum + " is smaller than " + firstNum);
   else 
       minimum.html(firstNum + " is smaller than " + secondNum);   
}
findSmallest(13, 19);

/* this function serves much the same purpose - 
in a more simplistic way */
/*var minimumTwo = $('#minimumTwo'); */
/* so both functions are working but I can't 
get them to talk to the html correctly, I 
tried to make a minimumTwo id with the above code
but no luck */
function findMin(num1, num2){
    minimum.html(Math.min(num1, num2));
}
findMin(59, 7);