Javascript Closure Question

[dhsieh]

Hello all,

I have been trying to understand how JavaScript closures work but I have been struggling. In this code snippet that I created to test things, I can't figure out how to change the value of the variable a to "b" without passing an argument into the function or returning the value. Can someone please help? Also, does anyone know of a site that explains closures in simple detail? Thanks.

function a() {
	var a = "a";
	blah = function() {
		a = "b";
	}
	alert(a);
}

[dmjpro]

Hello all,

I have been trying to understand how JavaScript closures work but I have been struggling. In this code snippet that I created to test things, I can't figure out how to change the value of the variable a to "b" without passing an argument into the function or returning the value. Can someone please help? Also, does anyone know of a site that explains closures in simple detail? Thanks.

function a() {
	var a = "a";
	blah = function() {
		a = "b";
	}
	alert(a);
}

Look ...... two name coincides "function a" and "var a".
The main problem is not here.
Actually you can't change local references inside Closures :)
You have to declare it as "Global".

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[dhsieh]

So this would effectively change the value of a to "b" globally?

var a = "a";
function test() {
    blah = function() {
        a = "b";
    }
    alert(a);
}

[dmjpro]

So this would effectively change the value of a to "b" globally?

var a = "a";
function test() {
    blah = function() {
        a = "b";
    }
    alert(a);
}

Call the function then see what happens.
[code=javascript]
alert(a);
blah();
alert(a)
[/code]

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