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JavaScript JavaScript Foundations Variables Hoisting

Chen Coello
Chen Coello
862 Points
Posted by Chen Coello
Chen Coello
862 Points

Which one?

When it says 'You need to declare status at the top of the 'elevatorCloseButton'' which one do you put it on top of?

1 Answer

Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points
Jacob Miller
Jacob Miller
12,466 Points

You need to create the variable status before the if statement. So add var status; before the if statement and remove the keyword var from inside the if statement.

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