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theMightiestT

it's accessible because of scope. a variable declared inside the reduce wouldn't be accessable outside its scope; however, the other way around is fine(ish). depends if it should be mutable or not

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JavaScript Joel

No. What i am saying is let lenX = str1.length will produce a null reference exception because str1 is not available outside the reducer.

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theMightiestT

yes sorry you're right... I misread it

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Nando • Edited

imho the external assignment cannot however work ... i think that it isn't evaluated at each cycle of reduce ... or am I wrong ?