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Explain the difference in hoisting between var, let, and const
By FrontendPro Editorial Team Updated 8/8/2026
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Answer
var declarations are hoisted to the top of their scope and initialized with undefined, allowing them to be used before their declaration. let and const declarations are also hoisted but are not initialized, resulting in a ReferenceError if accessed before their declaration. const additionally requires an initial value at the time of declaration.
