What will be the output of following code:
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) { setTimeout(() => console.log(i), 1); } for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) { setTimeout(() => console.log(i), 1); }
The answer is 3 3 3 and 0 1 2
Due to the event queue mechanism in JavaScript, the setTimeout callback function is executed after the loop completes its iterations. In the first loop, the variable i was declared with the var keyword, making it global in scope. Consequently, as the loop iterated and incremented i using the unary operator ++, the value of i became 3 by the time the setTimeout callback function was called.
In contrast, the second loop declared the variable i with the let keyword. Variables declared with let (and const) are block-scoped, meaning their scope is limited to the block in which they are defined (a block is delineated by ). Therefore, with each iteration of the loop, i obtains a new value, and each value is confined within the loop's scope.