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More concise explanation of closures
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// One of JavaScript's most powerful features is closures. If a function is
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// One of JavaScript's most powerful features is closures. If a function is
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// defined inside another function, the inner function has access to all the
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// defined inside another function, the inner function has access to all the
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// outer function's variables.
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// outer function's variables, even after the outer function exits.
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function sayHelloInFiveSeconds(name){
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function sayHelloInFiveSeconds(name){
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var prompt = "Hello, " + name + "!"
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var prompt = "Hello, " + name + "!"
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function inner(){
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function inner(){
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alert(prompt)
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alert(prompt)
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}
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}
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setTimeout(inner, 5000)
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setTimeout(inner, 5000)
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// setTimeout is asynchronous, so this function will finish without waiting
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// setTimeout is asynchronous, so the sayHelloInFiveSeconds function will
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// 5 seconds. However, once the 5 seconds is up, inner will still have
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// exit immediately, and setTimeout will call inner afterwards. However,
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// access to the value of prompt.
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// because inner is "closed over" sayHelloInFiveSeconds, inner still has
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// access to the 'prompt' variable when it is finally called.
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}
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}
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sayHelloInFiveSeconds("Adam") // will open a popup with "Hello, Adam!" in 5s
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sayHelloInFiveSeconds("Adam") // will open a popup with "Hello, Adam!" in 5s
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// inner() has access to the variable "prompt" strictly because of lexical scope.
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// A closure is being demonstrated because the inner() function is being executed
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// at a later time, and in fact being executed "outside" the scope where it was
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// declared (inside of the implementation of setTimeout()), but yet inner() STILL
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// has access to the variable "prompt". It is said that inner() has a "closure"
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// over the variables of sayHelloInFiveSeconds().
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///////////////////////////////////
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// 5. More about Objects; Constructors and Prototypes
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// 5. More about Objects; Constructors and Prototypes
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