Lexical scoping
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What is Lexical scoping?
Before one can make an intuition of closures in JavaScript, it's important to first get the hang of the term 'lexical environment'. In simple words, the lexical environment for a function f simply refers to the environment enclosing that function's definition in the source code.
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Lexical scoping: common questions
Can I learn Lexical scoping in Hindi?
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Is this Lexical scoping tutorial for beginners?
It is lesson 89 of 124 in the free JavaScript roadmap, in stage 12, Strict Mode. If you are new to JavaScript, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.