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Because I am not using the var keyword why is the variable 'local' not in the global scope in the chrome console?

function test(){ local = true; }; console.log(local);//Uncaught ReferenceError: local is not defined
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    In your snippet, the function hasn't been called/invoked – test();. Its body, including the assignment, local = true;, won't be evaluated until then. Commented Oct 10, 2016 at 22:04
  • Thanks @Jonathan Lonowski you are correct. Commented Oct 10, 2016 at 22:09

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It is simply because the test function is never called so the local variable is never created due to which it throws error

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It will be available once test() is invoked

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