Javascript function scoping and hoisting

Question

I just read a great article about JavaScript Scoping and Hoisting by Ben Cherry in which he gives the following example:

var a = 1;

function b() {
    a =          


        

Answer 1

Its all depends on the scope of variable 'a'. Let me explain by creating scopes as images.

Here JavaScript will create 3 scopes.

i) Global scope. ii) Function b() scope. iii) Function a() scope.

Its clear when you call 'alert' method scope belongs to Global that time, so it will pick value of variable 'a' from Global scope only that is 1.