---
id: 6610c538372aa61cc0f5b122
title: Step 57
challengeType: 1
dashedName: step-57
---

# --description--

Variables in JavaScript are available in a specific <dfn>scope</dfn>. In other words, where a variable is declared determines where in your code it can be used.

The first scope is the global scope. Variables that are declared outside of any "block" like a function or `for` loop are in the <dfn>global scope</dfn>. Your `character`, `count`, and `rows` variables are all in the global scope.

When a variable is in the global scope, a function can access it in its definition. Here is an example of a function using a global `title` variable:

```js
const title = "Professor ";
function demo(name) {
  return title + name;
}
demo("Naomi")
```

This example would return `"Professor Naomi"`. Update your `padRow` function to return the value of concatenating your `character` variable to the beginning of the `name` parameter.

# --hints--

Your `padRow` function should concatenate `character` to the beginning of `name`.

```js
assert.match(padRow.toString(), /character\s*\+\s*name/);
```

Your `padRow` function should return the result of `character + name`.

```js
assert.equal(padRow("Naomi"), "#Naomi");
```

# --seed--

## --seed-contents--

```js
const character = "#";
const count = 8;
const rows = [];

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function padRow(name) {
  return name;
}
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const call = padRow("CamperChan");
console.log(call);


for (let i = 0; i < count; i = i + 1) {
  rows.push(character.repeat(i + 1))
}

let result = ""

for (const row of rows) {
  result = result + "\n" + row;
}

console.log(result);
```