closure() js code example

Example 1: what is closure in javascript

function OuterFunction() {

    var outerVariable = 100;

    function InnerFunction() {
        alert(outerVariable);
    }

    return InnerFunction;
}
var innerFunc = OuterFunction();

Example 2: js closure examples

function outer() {
  var counter = 0; // Backpack or Closure
  function incrementCounter() {
    return counter++;
  }
  return incrementCounter;
}

const count = outer();
count(); // 0
count(); // 1
count(); // 2