JavaScript define and return a variable on one line

Question

In JavaScript, if I want to return a variable but don\'t want to modify it or leak it into the global scope, can I define and return it on one line like this?

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Answer 1

It’s a bit difficult to offer a useful answer without understanding what you’re trying to do, but this:

return var Foo = 'bar'

isn’t valid JavaScript, so you certainly can’t do it that way.

I agree that your second example is redundant - there’s no point declaring a variable in a function if you’re only going to refer to it when you return it. The way to remove that redundancy is to not declare a variable at all:

function exampleFunction() {
    return 'bar';
}