JavaScript ReferenceError – Assignment to undeclared variable
Last Updated :
22 May, 2023
This JavaScript exception Assignment to undeclared variable occurs in strict-mode If the value has been assigned to an undeclared variable.
Message:
ReferenceError: assignment to undeclared variable "x" (Firefox)
ReferenceError: "x" is not defined (Chrome)
ReferenceError: Variable undefined in strict mode (Edge)
Error Type:
ReferenceError
Cause of the error: Somewhere in the code, there is an assignment without the var, let, or const keywords. When a value is assigned to an undeclared variable this error occurs.
Example 1: In this example, the const keyword is used with the variable assignment, So the error has not occurred.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
< html >
< body style = "text-align:center;" >
< h1 style = "color:green;" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ h1 >
< p >
JavaScript ReferenceError-
Assignment to undeclared variable
</ p >
< button onclick = "Geeks();" >
click here
</ button >
< p id = "GFG_DOWN" >
</ p >
< script >
let el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN");
function GFG() {
'use strict';
const var_1 = "Value assigned without declaration";
}
function Geeks() {
try {
GFG();
el_down.innerHTML =
"'Assignment to undeclared variable'" +
"error has not occurred";
} catch (e) {
el_down.innerHTML =
"'Assignment to undeclared variable'" +
"error has occurred";
}
}
</ script >
</ body >
</ html >
|
Output:
Example 2: In this example, the var, let or const keyword is not used with the variable assignment, So the error has occurred.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
< html >
< body style = "text-align:center;" >
< h1 style = "color:green;" >
GeeksforGeeks
</ h1 >
< p >
JavaScript ReferenceError -
Assignment to undeclared variable
</ p >
< button onclick = "Geeks();" >
click here
</ button >
< p id = "GFG_DOWN" >
</ p >
< script >
let el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN");
function GFG() {
'use strict';
var_1 = true;
}
function Geeks() {
try {
GFG();
el_down.innerHTML =
"'Assignment to undeclared variable'" +
"error has not occurred";
} catch (e) {
el_down.innerHTML =
"'Assignment to undeclared variable'" +
"error has occurred";
}
}
</ script >
</ body >
</ html >
|
Output:
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