Closure

Overview

Closure is a function object which has a lexical scope.

Examples

Example 1. Closure example

Code

function newCounter() {
    var i = 0;          // a lexical variable.

    return function() { // an anonymous function.
        ++i;            // a reference to a lexical variable.
        return i;
    };
}

var c1 = newCounter();
System.println(c1()); // 1
System.println(c1()); // 2
System.println(c1()); // 3
System.println(c1()); // 4
System.println(c1()); // 5

Result

1
2
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4
5