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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Variables Hoisting

Marie Veverka
Marie Veverka
12,117 Points
Posted by Marie Veverka
Marie Veverka
12,117 Points

Hoisting

Hi there,

I am not sure how to alter this to fit best practice . . .

<script>

function elevatorCloseButton(pushed) {

    if (pushed) {
        var status = "I'll close when I'm ready.";
    }

}

elevatorCloseButton(true);

</script>

I've tried several things and I am not sure where I am going wrong . . .

Thanks in advance for helping!

3 Answers

Geoff Parsons
Geoff Parsons
11,679 Points

Hey Marie,

The "best practices" they mention are mentioned in the previous video, specifically the scope of variables within the function. The variable "status" should be declared outside of the if statement.

Marie Veverka
Marie Veverka
12,117 Points
Marie Veverka
Marie Veverka
12,117 Points

Hi Geoff,

Thanks! I tried that (or I thought I did) as follows:

<script>

function elevatorCloseButton(pushed) {
        var status = "I'll close when I'm ready.";
    if (pushed) {
        status = "I'll close when I'm ready.";
    }

}

elevatorCloseButton(true);

</script>

but it still not working. I am not sure what I am missing. Any thoughts?

Geoff Parsons
Geoff Parsons
11,679 Points

Very close, you don't need to set it outside of the if statement though, only declare it.

function elevatorCloseButton(pushed) {
        var status;
    if (pushed) {
        status = "I'll close when I'm ready.";
    }

}

This way it will only have the value "I'll close when I'm ready." if pushed is true but can still be used outside of the scope of the conditional.

Marie Veverka
Marie Veverka
12,117 Points
Marie Veverka
Marie Veverka
12,117 Points

Yay!!! That's the ticket! Thanks Geoff!