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Variables JS

To declare a variable in JavaScript, use the var keyword followed by the variable name. Variables declared with var can be redeclared without losing their value. JavaScript is loosely typed, so variables can hold values of any data type. The let and const keywords were introduced in ES6 to declare block-scoped variables that cannot be redeclared. Const variables are read-only and cannot be reassigned, while let variables can be updated but not redeclared. Variable names in JavaScript must begin with a letter, cannot contain spaces, and cannot be reserved words.

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Variables JS

To declare a variable in JavaScript, use the var keyword followed by the variable name. Variables declared with var can be redeclared without losing their value. JavaScript is loosely typed, so variables can hold values of any data type. The let and const keywords were introduced in ES6 to declare block-scoped variables that cannot be redeclared. Const variables are read-only and cannot be reassigned, while let variables can be updated but not redeclared. Variable names in JavaScript must begin with a letter, cannot contain spaces, and cannot be reserved words.

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Additional Notes: Variables

How to declare a variable in JavaScript?

Declaring a variable with var:


● Use the reserved keyword var to declare a variable in JavaScript.

Syntax:
var variable_name;
var variable_name = value;

E.g.1 var name; //declaring a variable without assigning value.

Note: default value of the variable that does not have any value is undefined.

E.g. 2. var name = "John"; //declares and assign a string value

Since JavaScript is a loosely typed language that means it does not require a data
type to be declared. you can assign any value to a variable. (e.g string,
integer,float,boolean etc).

Re-Declaring JavaScript variables:


You can re-declare a javascript variable using var, which will not be losing its value.

E.g. The variable val will still have the value 10 after the execution of these
statements.
var val = 10;
var val;
console.log(val);//10

Note: You can't re-declare a variable declared with let or const.

let and const keywords

ES6 introduced two new keywords: let and const.


let:
● You can't re-declare the variable defined with the let keyword but can update
it.
E.g.

const
● Const is used to declare read-only variables, ie, they can’t be reassigned and
redeclared.
For e.g.

This will print the value of the constant variable as usual. But what if we tried
to reassign a value to it?
const a = 10;
console.log(a);
a = 20;

This will produce the following error:


a = 20;
//^ TypeError: Assignment to constant variable.

Note: You will be learning more about let and const in further lectures.

The general rules for constructing names for variables (unique


identifiers) are:

● Names can contain letters, digits, underscores, and dollar signs.


● Names must begin with a letter.
● Names can also begin with $ and _ (but we will not use it in this
tutorial).
● Names are case sensitive (y and Y are different variables).
● Variable names cannot contain spaces.
○ E.g var first Name = “John” (incorrect)
var firstName = “John” (correct)
● Reserved words (like JavaScript keywords) cannot be used as names.

Check out this complete list of reserved words.

Correct JavaScript Variables:

var x = 20;
var _name = "John";
var value1 = 25;
var firstName = "John";

Incorrect JavaScript Variables:

var 124 = 35;


var *value = 87;
var var = 25; //'var' is not allowed as a variable declaration name.

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