diff --git a/1-js/06-advanced-functions/03-closure/7-closure-sum/solution.md b/1-js/06-advanced-functions/03-closure/6-closure-sum/solution.md similarity index 100% rename from 1-js/06-advanced-functions/03-closure/7-closure-sum/solution.md rename to 1-js/06-advanced-functions/03-closure/6-closure-sum/solution.md diff --git a/1-js/06-advanced-functions/03-closure/7-closure-sum/task.md b/1-js/06-advanced-functions/03-closure/6-closure-sum/task.md similarity index 100% rename from 1-js/06-advanced-functions/03-closure/7-closure-sum/task.md rename to 1-js/06-advanced-functions/03-closure/6-closure-sum/task.md diff --git a/1-js/06-advanced-functions/03-closure/7-let-scope/solution.md b/1-js/06-advanced-functions/03-closure/7-let-scope/solution.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f20ac9e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/1-js/06-advanced-functions/03-closure/7-let-scope/solution.md @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +The result is: **error**. + +Try running it: + +```js run +let x = 1; + +function func() { +*!* + console.log(x); // ReferenceError: Cannot access 'x' before initialization +*/!* + let x = 2; +} + +func(); +``` + +In this example we can observe the peculiar difference between a "non-existing" and "unitialized" variable. + +As you may have read in the article [](info:closure), a variable starts in the "uninitialized" state from the moment when the execution enters a code block (or a function). And it stays uninitalized until the corresponding `let` statement. + +In other words, a variable technically exists, but can't be used before `let`. + +The code above demonstrates it. + +```js +function func() { +*!* + // the local variable x is known to the engine from the beginning of the function, + // but "unitialized" (unusable) until let ("dead zone") + // hence the error +*/!* + + console.log(x); // ReferenceError: Cannot access 'vx before initialization + + let x = 2; +} +``` + +This zone of temporary unusability of a variable (from the beginning of the code block till `let`) is sometimes called the "dead zone". diff --git a/1-js/06-advanced-functions/03-closure/7-let-scope/task.md b/1-js/06-advanced-functions/03-closure/7-let-scope/task.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..fb7445e6 --- /dev/null +++ b/1-js/06-advanced-functions/03-closure/7-let-scope/task.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +importance: 4 + +--- + +# Is variable visible? + +What will be the result of this code? + +```js +let x = 1; + +function func() { + console.log(x); // ? + + let x = 2; +} + +func(); +``` + +P.S. There's a pitfall in this task. The solution is not obvious.