<script type="text/javascript">
var x = document.getElementById("test");
var xc = x.childNodes;
var xcl = xc.length;
for(var i=0;i<xcl;i++){
document.write("nodeName = " + xc[i].nodeName + "; nodeType = " + xc[i].nodeType + "<br />");}
</script>

var myVariable="outside";
function myFunction(){
var myVariable="inside";
alert(myVariable);
}
myFunction();
alert(myVariable);

<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$("p").click(function(){
$(this).hide();
});
});
</script>