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{{Short description|In computer programming, a variable which is not defined in the local scope}}

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In [[programming language theory]], a '''non-local variable''' is a variable that is not defined in the local [[Scope (computer science)|scope]]. While the term can refer to [[global variable]]s, it is primarily used in the context of [[nested function|nested]] and [[anonymous function]]s where some variables can be in neither the [[local scope|local]] nor the [[global scope]].