Are let and const hoisted in JavaScript?

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Memory is allocated for them, so technically yes. But they are placed in the Temporal Dead Zone and remain uninitialized until the declaration line. Accessing them early throws a ReferenceError.

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No. let, const, and function declarations are also hoisted.

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Memory is allocated during the creation phase before code execution.

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Yes. Function declarations are fully available before execution.

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