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JavaScript

Quiz challenge solution part 2

Hi guys, did anyone else notice that in the solution video for the second part of the quiz challenge, that the html variable that Dave created in the first part of the challenge was no longer in his code? yet the program still printed all the html. how is that possible?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

Please provide a link the the course page, and a time index for the video.

Ok, so in the first part of the challenge, he created an html variable. time: 01:08 https://teamtreehouse.com/library/javascript-loops-arrays-and-objects/tracking-multiple-items-with-arrays/build-a-quiz-challenge-part-1-solution however, in the second part of the challenge, that variable is no longer there but the code still parses. time: 00:00 https://teamtreehouse.com/library/javascript-loops-arrays-and-objects/tracking-multiple-items-with-arrays/build-a-quiz-challenge-part-2-solution

sorry about not including that in the first message Steven Parker

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

It is certainly peculiar that the declaration of "html" seems to have gone missing, but even if so it just becomes an implicit global declaration when it is assigned. This is allowed in JavaScript when "strict" mode is not being used, but it is not considered a "best practice". It was probably not intentional.

Gotcha! Thanks again man.