How can I declare a global variable in JavaScript?
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If you have to generate global variables in production code (which should be avoided) always declare them explicitly:
While it is possible to define a global variable by just omitting
var(assuming there is no local variable of the same name), doing so generates an implicit global, which is a bad thing to do and would generate an error in strict mode.