Function outerFunction

code/javascript/closure.ts:1–10

(arg)

function outerFunction(arg) {
    var variableInOuterFunction = arg;

    function bar() {
        console.log(variableInOuterFunction); // Access a variable from the outer scope
    }

    // Call the local function to demonstrate that it has access to arg
    bar();
}

outerFunction("hello closure"); // logs hello closure!