Access variable outside - inside a function ?

[Siberian]

How do you access a variable inside a function without placing the variable inside of the function in Javascript ?

[Siberian]

I think I need to place a parameter inside the function ?

[AndrisP]

if you declare variable outside a function (before declare function) then you can access and change it inside eg

var someVariable;
function someFunction(){
    someVariable = 5;
}

alert(someVariable); // undefined
someFunction();
alert(someVariable); // 5

but if you redeclare variable with same name inside a function then it's a local variable and you lost access to global variable inside a function

var someVariable;
function someFunction(){
    var someVariable = 5;
}

alert(someVariable); // undefined
someFunction();
alert(someVariable); // undefined

[Siberian]

Then declaring a variable which holds data outside a function, if I call that variable as a parameter inside the function it should be treated as though the variable is inside the function ?

If so that isn't working.