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JavaScript: Defining a global variable inside a setTimeout

I am trying to define a global variable c inside a setTimeout function where promise is involved.

I tried the following code based on the answer here. But this did not work!

This code involves asynchronous and I do understand that the function test is non-blocking for console.log(c) and that is why I received an "undefined" outcome. How may I solve this issue?

let k = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
  if (2 < 4) {
    resolve('you are okay');
  } else {
    reject('You are not okay');
  }
});

var c;

function test() {
  setTimeout(() => {
    c = k.then(x => console.log(x,"x in then"));
     console.log(c,"in setTimeout")
  }, 2000);
}

test();

console.log(c,"outside");

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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