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Functions in Javascript

1.1 Simple example of a javascript function: create and invoke

<script>

function showMessage() {

alert( 'Welcome to KMIT!' );

showMessage();

// showMessage(); // can call many times for eg.

</script>

1.2 Local variables


A variable declared inside a function is only visible inside that function.
function showMessage2() {

let message = "Hello, I'm JavaScript!"; // local variable

alert( message );

showMessage2(); // Hello, I'm JavaScript!

alert( message ); // <-- Error! The variable is local to the function. look at Inspect>>console

How to solve this error? One solution is

Outer variables
A function can access an outer variable as well, for example:

let userName = 'John';

function showMessage() {
let message = 'Hello, ' + userName;
alert(message);
}

showMessage(); // Hello, John


let userName = 'John';

function showMessage() {
userName = "Bob"; // reassigned another value to the outer
variable

let message = 'Hello, ' + userName;


alert(message);
}

alert( userName ); // John before the function call

showMessage();

alert( userName ); // Bob, the value was modified by the function

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