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JavaScript Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript Perform: Traversing Elements with children

diannalord
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diannalord
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In the bindTaskEvents function, are the parameters "taskListItem" and "checkBoxEventHandler" also local variables?

Andrew types "taskListItem" and "checkBoxEventHandler" as the parameters, but the names of these parameters did not exist until written as part of the function. It seems that the function creates the names of the parameters "taskListItem" and "checkBoxEventHandler".

Are these names also considered to be local variables?

I should just go review training on creating functions to get clear on parameters.

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Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
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Hi Dianna,

If a variable is declared in a function the variable scope is binded to that function only.

If a variable is declared outside a function the variable scope jumps to global -> any function you write, it can see the variable and interact with it: HEADS UP -> be careful with those, if you change the value in a function it value is changed globally.

Hope this shines some light. If not I can send you a flashlight :)