What does "use strict"; line of code does in the function?

JavaScript
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Tell us what’s happening:
I removed "use strict"; a line of code from the Function to see his effect but it doesn’t have any effect. on the function. when I run the code by deleting “use strict”; it works, so what does “use strict”; code does?

Your code so far


function printManyTimes(str) {
"use strict";

// Only change code below this line

const SENTENCE = str + " is cool!";
for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i+=2) {
  console.log(SENTENCE);
}

// Only change code above this line

}
printManyTimes("freeCodeCamp");

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Challenge: Declare a Read-Only Variable with the const Keyword

Link to the challenge:
https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/es6/declare-a-read-only-variable-with-the-const-keyword

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strict mode in javascript

Strict mode helps out in a couple ways:

  • It catches some common coding bloopers, throwing exceptions.
  • It prevents, or throws errors, when relatively “unsafe” actions are taken (such as gaining access to the global object).
  • It disables features that are confusing or poorly thought out.
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