Closure Example

Closure Example.js

/*

Defination:

Inner functions referring to local variables of its outer function create closures

OR

Declaring a function within another function, and that inner function has access to its parent function's variables, even after that parent function has returned.

*/

// http://robertnyman.com/2008/10/09/explaining-javascript-scope-and-closures/

function add (x) {
   return function (y) {
     return x + y;
   };
}

var add5 = add(5);
var no8 = add5(3);
alert(no8); // Returns 8