function sayHello(name) {
//hello string
var text = 'Hello ' + name;
//INNER METHOD
var sayAlert = function() {
//text is defined in OUTER()
alert(text);
}
//INVOKE INNER METHOD
sayAlert();
}
sayHello("chris");
function sayHello2(name) {
//hello string
var text = 'Hello ' + name;
//INNER METHOD
var sayAlert = function() { alert(text); }
//return INNER METHOD
return sayAlert;
}
//assing method to local var
var sayHi = sayHello2('Kayla');
sayHi();
function say667() {
// Local variable that ends up within closure
var num = 666;
var sayAlert = function() { alert(num); }
//change value before returning inner func
num++;
return sayAlert;
}
var sayIt = say667();
sayIt();
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