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spoilerGender variability as declarations in JavaScript: const / let / var

Meme is based on Jordan Peterson "approival / disapproval" format, him being a conservative who disapproves of gender fluidity.

Transcript:

  • Jordan Peterson approval image: const gender;
  • Jordan Peterson angry image: let gender;
  • Jordan Peterson crying image: var gender;

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
var a;
(function() {
  a='hoisted';
  console.log(a);
  var a;
})()
console.log(a);

Should log hoisted and then undefined, showing that you've assigned to the later-declared var a which was hoisted vs the external global a.