Does JScript have anything like the Option Explicit statement in VBScript?

No.

You can test to see if a specific variable has been declared, but you can't
force the requirement.

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The nice thing about JScript vs. VBScript is that JScript will complain if
you try to use a variable that hasn't been defined. VBScript by default will
just create it for you with no complaint, and that behavior is what makes
Option Explicit so essential to VBScript programming.

Well...not quite. JScript will allow you to make assignments to undeclared
variables (at which time they fall into the global namespace), but balks when
you attempt to reference variables that are both undeclared and unassigned. Note
this example:

    var var1
    var2 = someValue
    if (var1) doSomething()
    if (var2) doSomethingElse()
    if (var3) doSomethingElseEntirely()

Assuming var1, var2 and var3 are all undeclared prior to this block, only the
last line will produce an error.

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Hello,

There's no such statement in JScript.

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Max
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