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id: c5fef6b1-c659-42ef-8b51-7657df6743e8
title: JavaScript Strict Mode
---
# Description
[Strict
mode](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Strict_mode)
makes several changes to normal JavaScript semantics:
- Eliminates some JavaScript silent errors by changing them to throw
errors.
- Fixes mistakes that make it difficult for JavaScript engines to
perform optimizations: strict mode code can sometimes be made to run
faster than identical code that's not strict mode.
- Prohibits some syntax likely to be defined in future versions of
ECMAScript.
``` javascript
function canYouSpotTheProblem() {
"use strict";
for (counter = 0; counter < 10; counter++) {
console.log("Happy happy");
}
}
canYouSpotTheProblem();
// ReferenceError: counter is not defined
```
In strict mode the \`this\` binding holds the value \`undefined\` in
functions that are not called as methods:
``` javascript
"use strict";
function doSomething() {
console.log(this)
}
```