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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Creating Reusable Code with Functions Review: Scope

Posted by Thomas Katalenas
Thomas Katalenas
11,033 Points

Typo

clearly the answer is Welcome!, thats what I put and I still got it wrong

1 Answer

Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points
Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 Points

Take another look at the code.

var message = "Welcome!";
function setMessage() {
  message = "Go away!";
}
setMessage();
alert(message);

In this example the function does overwrite the global value because the var keyword isn't used inside the function. The alerted message would be "Go away!"