Avoid Mutations and Side Effects Using Functional Programming

JavaScript
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Please see code below.

// The global variable

let fixedValue = 4;

function incrementer() {

// Only change code below this line

return fixedValue + 1;

// Only change code above this line

}

console.log(incrementer());

I have got the function declaration to pass, however; I am not sure what the hint is implying - " Using the increment operator (++ ) on fixedValue will mutate fixedValue , meaning it will no longer reference the same value it was assigned with." Why does the ++ increment operator behave this way when used in the case with ‘return fixedValue’?

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++ always mutates the variable it is called on

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