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JavaScript

Eng Seng Heah
Eng Seng Heah
17,106 Points
Posted by Eng Seng Heah
Eng Seng Heah
17,106 Points

Why do we need a const referral ?

The click event works fine even without defining const, what is it for?

Amrit Pandey
Amrit Pandey
17,595 Points
Amrit Pandey
Amrit Pandey
17,595 Points

I am not sure what is meant by const referral. But if you are saying that click handling function is treated as a constant then yeah, it is to make sure that handling function is not altered in anyway.

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
220,450 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
220,450 Points

Are you implicitly creating a global?

If you mean you leave off "const" where a variable is created, that causes the variable to be created as a global instead of a local constant. The code might work, but it's considered bad practice. And if you were running in "strict" mode it would cause an error and not be allowed at all.