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JavaScript

Justin Rose
Justin Rose
13,601 Points
Posted by Justin Rose
Justin Rose
13,601 Points

Scope and Hoisting Confusion in Javascript

Totally Stuck on Scope, Hoisting and shadowing. can any body clear up the confusion with this problem? that would be awesome

function elevatorCloseButton(pushed) {

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

    }

    elevatorCloseButton(true);
Robert Richey
Robert Richey
Courses Plus Student 16,352 Points

Edit: added markdown for JavaScript

Hi Justin,

Can you post a link to the challenge you're working on?

1 Answer

Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points
Hugo Paz
Hugo Paz
15,622 Points

Hi Justin,

You need to declare the variable at the start of the function and then set it within the condition.

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

    }

    elevatorCloseButton(true);