this is how callbacks work, Shelby

printName.js

function printName(name, callback) {
  console.log(`Player name: ${name}`);
  function callback(
    // normally you'd define parameters here right?
    // does this ever get used?
  ) {
    // what's the point of these curly braces?
  } (
    console.log("inside callback")
  );
}

printName("shelby");

// $ node printName.js
// inside printName.js!
// Player name: shelby
// inside callback

Things I tried

function myFunction (myParam, callback) {
  // do stuff
  callback(console.log("inside callback")); // did not work
}

function myFunction (myParam, callback) {
  // do stuff
  callback() = {
    console.log("inside callback"); // did not work
  }
}

function myFunction (myParam, callback) {
  // do stuff
  callback() => {
    console.log("inside callback"); // did not work
  }
}

function myFunction (myParam, callback) {
  // do stuff
  function callback() = {
    console.log("inside callback"); // did not work
  }
}

function myFunction (myParam, callback) {
  // do stuff
  function callback() {
    console.log("inside callback"); // did not work
  }
}