When you declare a variable with the <code>var</code> keyword, it is declared globally, or locally if declared inside a function.
The <code>let</code> keyword behaves similarly, but with some extra features. When you declare a variable with the <code>let</code> keyword inside a block, statement, or expression, its scope is limited to that block, statement, or expression.
With the <code>var</code> keyword, <code>i</code> is declared globally. So when <code>i++</code> is executed, it updates the global variable. This code is similar to the following:
This behavior will cause problems if you were to create a function and store it for later use inside a for loop that uses the <code>i</code> variable. This is because the stored function will always refer to the value of the updated global <code>i</code> variable.
As you can see, <code>printNumTwo()</code> prints 3 and not 2. This is because the value assigned to <code>i</code> was updated and the <code>printNumTwo()</code> returns the global <code>i</code> and not the value <code>i</code> had when the function was created in the for loop. The <code>let</code> keyword does not follow this behavior:
<code>i</code> is not defined because it was not declared in the global scope. It is only declared within the for loop statement. <code>printNumTwo()</code> returned the correct value because three different <code>i</code> variables with unique values (0, 1, and 2) were created by the <code>let</code> keyword within the loop statement.
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## Instructions
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Fix the code so that <code>i</code> declared in the if statement is a separate variable than <code>i</code> declared in the first line of the function. Be certain not to use the <code>var</code> keyword anywhere in your code.
This exercise is designed to illustrate the difference between how <code>var</code> and <code>let</code> keywords assign scope to the declared variable. When programming a function similar to the one used in this exercise, it is often better to use different variable names to avoid confusion.
testString: getUserInput => assert(getUserInput('index').match(/(i\s*=\s*).*\s*.*\s*.*\1('|")block\s*scope\2/g), 'The variable <code>i</code> declared in the if statement should equal "block scope".');