/ˈhɔɪstɪŋ/
JavaScript's behaviour of moving var declarations and function declarations to the top of their scope at compile time.
"console.log(x) returns undefined, not an error — var x is hoisted but not its value."
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JavaScript's behaviour of moving var declarations and function declarations to the top of their scope at compile time.
"Hoisting" is pronounced /ˈhɔɪstɪŋ/.
"console.log(x) returns undefined, not an error — var x is hoisted but not its value."
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