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# [JavaScript Closure Tutorial – How Closures and Lexical Scope Work in JS](https://freecodecamp.org/news/javascript-closure-lexical-scope?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

By Dave Gray In JavaScript, people often confuse closures with lexical scope. Lexical scope is an important part of closures, but it is not a closure by itself. Closures are an advanced concept that is also a frequent topic of technical interviews. Y...

Jun 28, 2021 · 3 min read · freecodecamp.org  
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