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We will start by making the module first and the code for it goes as follows-
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In the above example, we have created a simple average function that takes the value as arr and returns the average.
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Now to import this module, we have to write as follows in index.js- Modules with Examples | Web
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const mod = require("./mod");
console.log(mod.name)

After executing this, one thing to notice is, the code gets executed but we still do not get the function back. To get back the function, we
have to make the function to behave explicitly in mod.js file. We can do this as follows-

module.exports = average;

Now when we run the function, we get it back as follows-

To get the average of any two numbers, we can pass the values as follows-

const average = require("./mod");

console.log(average([3,4])

When we run the function now, we get the output as follows-

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We can also create an object and make it as a module. For example, we can write as follows-

module.exports = {
avg: average,
name: "Harry",
repo: "GitHub"
}

We can call this module in index.js file as follows-

const mod = require("./mod");

console.log(mod.avg([3,4]))

In the same way, we can export multiple objects and create our own modules with the help of NodeJs. However, there is another method to
call the above object. If we write as follows in mod.js file-

module.exports.name = "Harry";

And call the object in the following way in index.js as follows-

console.log(mod.name)

We get the output as “Harry” as follows-

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In this way, NodeJs help us to create different other modules to make our work easier. I hope you must have got an idea of how to create
custom modules. You can try to create different other modules and practice more.

Code index.js as described/written in the video

// console.log(average([3,4]))
// const average = require("./mod");
const mod = require("./mod");
console.log(mod.name)
// console.log(mod.avg([3,4]))
console.log("This is index.js");

Code mod.js as described/written in the video

console.log("This is module");

function average(arr){
let sum = 0;
arr.forEach(element => {
sum += element;
});
return sum/arr.length;
}

// module.exports = {
// avg: average,
// name: "Harry",
// repo: "GitHub"
// }

module.exports.name = "Harry";

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