Variable Declarations with let and const
Learn about the behavior of "var", "let", and "const" and the differences between them.
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For many years, we could only use var
to declare a variable in JavaScript. Since 2015 however, JavaScript has gained two new keywords that we can use to declare variables: let
and const
. Using var
for variable declarations has become somewhat superfluous and in almost all cases, let
and const
are better choices. But what is the difference?
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