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Expand Up @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ sayHi(); // Hello // this still works too (why wouldn't it)
Here's what happens above in detail:

1. The Function Declaration `(1)` creates the function and puts it into the variable named `sayHi`.
2. Line `(2)` copies it into the variable `func`. Please note again: there are no parentheses after `sayHi`. If there were, then `func = sayHi()` would write *the result of the call* `sayHi()` into `func`, not *the function* `sayHi` itself.
2. Line `(2)` makes the same function available through the variable `func`. Please note again: there are no parentheses after `sayHi`. If there were, then `func = sayHi()` would write *the result of the call* `sayHi()` into `func`, not *the function* `sayHi` itself.
3. Now the function can be called as both `sayHi()` and `func()`.

We could also have used a Function Expression to declare `sayHi`, in the first line:
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