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What is the difference between variables let, const and var?
Variables let and const both indicate that a variable can be reassigned a value, however const declares a constant value which can never be reassigned and must be initialized at the time it is declared. Var is similar to let except it has the added feature of having function scope instead of block scope. That is, you can declare a variable with the same name in different scopes as long as it is a different var declaration. For example:
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let x = 1;
if (true) {
let x = 5; //different x from the global scope
}
// x still equals one
On the other hand, the following code snippet would result in an error if you had used let instead of var:
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var x = 1;
if (true) {
var x = 5; //same x as the global scope
}
// x now equals five
Therefore, let and const variables are block scoped and var variables are function scoped.
What is the difference between let, const and var?
The keyword let lets you declare a variable with a limited scope. It can only be accessed within the block it was declared.
The keyword const also declares a variable with a limited scope but the variableβs value cannot be changed.
The keyword var is used to declare variables with a global scope and its value can be changed.
An example code in JavaScript would look like this:
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var globalVariable = "This can be used anywhere!"
function myFunction() {
let localVariable = "This can only be used inside myFunction!"
const constantVariable = "This has a fixed value!"
}
define variables in javascript
Variables in JavaScript allow you to store data and assign it to a name. A variable is defined using the let or var keyword, followed by the name of the variable. For example:
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let myName = "Athena";
This will create a variable called myName and assign it the value "Athena". Variables can be reassigned to different values like this:
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myName = "Amelia";
'axios' is defined but never used
This is an error that appears when you're running linting on your JavaScript code. It means that you declared a variable named 'axios' (by using the 'const' or 'let' keyword), but you never used it. To prevent this error, remove the unused variable (if possible) or use it in some way in your code.
For more information, visit the Mozilla Developer Network page about this error.
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