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closure in javascript

// closure in javascript
-> A closure gives you access to an outer function’s scope
   from an inner function

const outerFun = (a) => {
  let b = 10;
  // inner func can use variable/parameter of outer funcion
  const innerFun = () => {
    let sum = a + b; 
    console.log(sum);
  }
  return innerFun;
}
let inner = outerFun(5);
inner();

closure in javascript

var counter = (function() {
  var privateCounter = 0;
  function changeBy(val) {
    privateCounter += val;
  }
  return {
    increment: function() {
      changeBy(1);
    },
    decrement: function() {
      changeBy(-1);
    },
    value: function() {
      return privateCounter;
    }
  };
})();

console.log(counter.value()); // logs 0
counter.increment();
counter.increment();
console.log(counter.value()); // logs 2
counter.decrement();
console.log(counter.value()); // logs 1

closure in javascript

A closure is a function bundeled together with its lexical scope