Javascript Odd Scoping Behavior

Question

I\'ve been going through Javascript function scope and have run into this:

var scope = \"global\";

function f(){
    console.log(scope);

    var scope = \"loca         


        

Answer 1

Javascript sometimes behaves a bit differently from other languages. Take a look at http://www.adequatelygood.com/JavaScript-Scoping-and-Hoisting.html, they explain it a bit.