From 1e2d2c49b9d4cc4809f8db8a8ce13a941be18657 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Trott Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 11:16:38 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] doc: clarify introductory module material --- doc/api/modules.md | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/api/modules.md b/doc/api/modules.md index ad98a0abcc20c4..1aa1fd26d828cf 100644 --- a/doc/api/modules.md +++ b/doc/api/modules.md @@ -6,16 +6,18 @@ Node.js has a simple module loading system. In Node.js, files and modules are in one-to-one correspondence (each file is treated as a separate module). -As an example, `foo.js` loads the module `circle.js` in the same directory. -The contents of `foo.js`: +As an example, consider a file named `foo.js`: ```js const circle = require('./circle.js'); console.log(`The area of a circle of radius 4 is ${circle.area(4)}`); ``` -The contents of `circle.js`: +On the first line, `foo.js` loads the module `circle.js` that is in the same +directory as `foo.js`. + +Here are the contents of `circle.js`: ```js const PI = Math.PI; @@ -23,7 +25,6 @@ const PI = Math.PI; exports.area = (r) => PI * r * r; exports.circumference = (r) => 2 * PI * r; - ``` The module `circle.js` has exported the functions `area()` and