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asliari
4,178 PointsWhy are some variables undefined?
My question is, how do we decide to use "var correctanswer = 0;" while other variable is "var question;"
Why did we asign correct answer variable to zero. If I use "var correctanswer;" it is not working. What is the difference between these two way of code, and if there is a course in treehouse about this subject, would you please share the link? Maybe I missed that class.
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I Dilate
3,983 PointsAsli, what's the specific context of your question?
"var correctanswer;" creates a variable but uses value "undefined" for it, i.e. you can assign it a value later on in your code.
"var correctanswer = 0;" creates a variable and defines it as an integer with the value of zero. This is useful in cases where you need to define an integer of zero at the start of your code, then apply some arithmetic to it. For example, if you want to add 1 to it using a loop every time your user gets a correct answer.
Note, you won't be able to do arithmetic like add 1 to an "undefined" variable, because it's not set to an integer or float yet.
asliari
4,178 PointsThanks a lot Dilate!
I Dilate
3,983 PointsNo problem asli. Good luck with the rest of the lessons!