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JavaScript Local Storage Project

Timothy Mattingly
Timothy Mattingly
15,972 Points
Posted by Timothy Mattingly
Timothy Mattingly
15,972 Points

Where does this Variable come from?

I had a snapshot of the code but it was deleted. My question is, on line 45 he passes the function what he refers to as a string variable;

saveSearchString(str);

I can't find any where in the code where this variable is declared. What am I missing here?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

On line 45 the function is being defined, not called. The keyword "function" in front of the name is the clue. In the definition, "str" is a parameter and parameters don't need to be declared.

If you look further down at line 79, you can see where the function is called, and it is passed "searchString" as the argument. And "searchString" is declared on line 78 immediately above.

Timothy Mattingly
Timothy Mattingly
15,972 Points
Timothy Mattingly
Timothy Mattingly
15,972 Points

I see it now. Yeah, I was totally missing where that function was being called. I appreciate the response.