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As you can see in local scope of the function, the value of list is an Array but when I type list in console it return a DOM element. I don't understand this behaviour.

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    In console list return with a ID of list. And if any variable declared inside a function,it only accessible by that function,it will not available outside of this function. Commented Dec 28, 2019 at 18:05
  • @MuhammadAmirozzamanNiaz When I hover on the variable it shows HTML element as the value. Commented Dec 28, 2019 at 18:07
  • @MattOestreich But you can see the scope in right panel, the value of list is an array. Commented Dec 28, 2019 at 18:08
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    Looks like the console expression is not evaluated in the scope of the function where you have stopped at the breakpoint. Commented Dec 28, 2019 at 18:11
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    I misunderstood your question at first.. it looks like you are manually typing list in your console, which @MuhammadAmirozzamanNiaz is correct, it does not get evaluated the same.. Inside your function, right before you do list.map you should put a console.log(list) so that it gets evaluated appropriately. Commented Dec 28, 2019 at 18:16

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In console list return with a ID of list. And if any variable declared inside a function,it only accessible by that function,it will not available outside of this function. Please read this doc to know further more about function

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Actually your list variable (which is inside the function) is in scoped with that function only. That's why you won't get the value of that variable globally (into your console) And that's why it's showing a different thing.

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