JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.0.min.js"></script>
<div class='option'>Option 1</div>
<div class='option'>Option 2</div>
<div class='option'>Option 3</div>

<div class='error-text'></div>

JavaScript

function createClosure(){
    var someVar = "Successful variable 'passing'";
    
    // This call will change all the .option objects to say
    // "Successful variable 'passing'"
    $(".option").each(closure(someVar));
}

function closure(storedVariable){
    var someVar = storedVariable;
    return function(index, element){
        
        // But we stored it in someVar so we can access it later
        $(element).text(someVar);
        
        
    }
}

// Call it
createClosure();