CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

javascript closure

function makeAdder(x) {
  return function(y) {
    return x + y;
  };
}

var add5 = makeAdder(5);
var add10 = makeAdder(10);

console.log(add5(2));  // 7
console.log(add10(2)); // 12

//my words: what this code do is basically a nested function that will return
//its inner function (un-activated). So var add5 in line 7 activated the outer
//function with 5 as parameter which makes add5 is now the nameless function at
//line 2 that will return 5 + y;

//MDN words:
//add5 and add10 are both closures. They share the same function body
//definition, but store different lexical environments. In add5's lexical
//environment, x is 5, while in the lexical environment for add10, x is 10.