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Why does item have a value of ‘item3’? Doesn’t the for loop end when i becomes 3?
Yes.
If it ends shouldn’t item still be
‘item2’?
Nope. This example is a little tricky. During the last iteration of the loop, i is 2, but it references the 3rd element of the list array, which is 3. In other words, item == 'item' + list[2] == 'item3'
Or is the variable item created again when testList calls the functions?
No, you were almost right the first time. I think you just missed that item[2] has the value of 3.