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Luca Di Pinto
8,051 PointsWhy using a function inside another function??
Hi guys,
please can you explain me this step?
'''function createLI(text) { function createElement(elementName, property, value) { const element = document.createElement(elementName) ; element[property] = value; return element; }'''
in particular I do not understand what is the gool of putting a function inside another function. In this particular case wouldn't it be better to put the function createElement outside this function? I cannot understand the meaning of using that. Thanks
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsThis is a private function.
By defining createElement inside the createLI function, it is limited in scope and can only be used by code (including other functions) inside createLI. This prevents any name conflict with the outer scope, and also prevents any future changes to other functions in the outer scope from affecting the behavior of this function.
If this were a function of general usefulness, and you expected to need it in other parts of the program, it might make more sense to define it in the outer scope instead so it could be shared.
Christopher Debove
Courses Plus Student 18,373 PointsWell due to encapsulation of the code in the DOMContentLoaded handler, all the code is "private".
I think it would be more optimized to create the function "createElement" on this scope to avoid recreating it at each call of createLI. The way scope is working, and function now is scoped. The reference is recreated each time with the closure of the parent function "createLI".