[Learning] #19 JS: Modified functions & how function create spaces

Modified functions(變形函式)

Before introducing modified function, let’s recall our memory about the “basic function”:

function add(n1,n2) {
    alert(n1+n2);

And this is how a modified function look like:

var add=function (n1,n2) { 
    alert(n1+n2);
}
add(1,100); // → call the function 
var test=add; // → didn't call the function, so it purely input the data into the variable above.
test(2,200);

The meanings behind these two functions are actually the same, but the modified one input the function into the variable. We can say that function is a kind of data as well.

Function block creates space

• With function block, it creates a new space for coding.
• 2 spaces: global variable(全域變數 or 全域空間) and local variable(區域變數 or 區域空間)

var x=13; // → global variable
function test() { // → local variable
    var y=7;
    var x=1;
    alert(x+y);
}
alert(x);

External code can not use the local variable, but local variable can use global variable.
For example, if we don’t declare the x variable at local variable, var x=13 will still be operated right away.

var x=13;
function test() { 
    var y=7;
    alert(x+y);
}
alert(x);

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