VAR only works outside function?

[Rugg]

Hi,

I’m having some issues getting a set of three variables to work properly inside a simple function. It seems as if they only work as global vars outside of the associated function. Below are two test samples displaying the issue…Does anyone know what I’m doing wrong?

Vars ouside function (working)

http://jsfiddle.net/fmUzX/

Vars inside function (not working)

http://jsfiddle.net/bzrVu/

The first example (working) forces a 3 second pause after each click event, while the second example fails and can be fired immediately without the forced pause.

[TheDoc]

Super simple! It’s because every time you’re running the greenFunk function you’re resetting var a to be 0 so your if statement will never be true.

[TheDoc]

If you only move the var a outside you’ll see that it works: http://codepen.io/ggilmore/pen/5c5e089e6d371d9eb7b9a9b1425f69e1

Also you’ll notice that I threw in a bunch of console logs there. They are super helpful for debugging these sorts of things. On my two clicks I get this in the Console:

1378274053878
1378274053878
3100
false
1378274055173
1295
3100
true

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