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The JavaScript global variable undefined can be used to determine if assignment has taken place and is returned from methods and functions when no value is available.

• Variables that are not initialized have a type of undefined.
• Uninitialized variables evaluated in methods and statements return undefined.
• Functions with no return value return undefined.

Examples

The code below just creates a variable without a value.

// Create an uninitialised variable and display it.
var undefinedVariable;
alert(undefinedVariable); 

// Create three undefined variables.
var dVariable, eVariable, fVariable;
alert(dVariable + ' ' + eVariable + ' ' + fVariable);

Related Tutorials

JavaScript Basic Tutorials - Lesson 6 - Variables

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