<pre><code class="lang-js">const asyncFunction = async () =&gt; "HELLO";

const main = async () =&gt; {
 const value = asyncFunction();

 console.log(value === "HELLO" ? "true" : "false");
};

main();
</code></pre>
Output: false
<code>asyncFunction()</code> returns a promise not the resolved value.

```js
const asyncFunction = async () => "HELLO";

const main = async () => {
  const value = asyncFunction();

  console.log(value === "HELLO" ? "true" : "false");
};

main();
```

Output: false
`asyncFunction()` returns a promise not the resolved value.

Calling an async function without await