ahh thank you this makes more sense. If I understand you correctly... - each list item has a pointer to a function: alert(i) (functions are first class objects

ahh thank you this makes more sense. If I understand you correctly... - each list item has a pointer to a function: alert(i) (functions are first class objects) - the value of i is determined from the outer function (which is in some unraveled way the for(i=0; i<els.length; i++)) because it is within the scope of the above function -link item executes alert(i) with i = 4, when clicked.