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Randy Rivera
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Notes; JavaScript Algorithms and Data structure.

It was time to start working on adding or subtracting(dividing, multiplying and so forth) numbers in JavaScript.

Whether it be adding.

 myVar = 5 + 10; // assigned 15
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Subtracting.

myVar = 12 - 6; // assigned 6
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Multiplying.

myVar = 13 * 13; // assigned 169
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Dividing.

myVar = 16 / 2; assigned 8.
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After completing some challenges I went ahead and started working understanding Uninitialized variables, Initializing variables with the assignment operator, Case sensitivity in Variables.

NOTES:

You can initialize a variable to a initial value in the same line as it is declared as followed:

   * var myVar = 0;
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  • variable called myVar and assigns it to a initial value of 0.

When the variables are declared and also have a initial value of undefined, if you do a mathematical operation on an undefined variable you will be Getting NaN ( "Not a Number" ). Example:

      var a;             
      var b;
      a = a + 1;
      b = b + 5;

This will you give undefined.
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Now let's define them.

      var a = 5;
      var b = 10;
      a = a + 1; // 6
      b = b + 5; // 10.
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In JavaScript is extremely important that all variables and function names are case sensitive. (Capitalization matters)

  • MYVAR is not the same as myVar or MyVar. For Example:
var someVariable;
var thisVariableIsLong; 

Always remeber camalCase!
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