Can't assign a value to the variable

Question

var readline = require('readline');
var test
rl = readline.createInterface(process.stdin, process.stdout);
rl.question('What is your favorite food?', function(answer) {
 console.log('Oh, so your favorite food is ' + answer);
 test = answer
});
rl.close()

webdriverio
 .remote(options)
 .init()
 .url('http://www.google.com')
 console.log(test) //undefined, why?

So I don't get it why it shows me "undefined" instead of the string I enter thru terminal. Why is that?

My guess is this is not sync, but how do I make it sync?

Answer 1

1. Installed: https://www.npmjs.com/package/readline-sync

2. Modified the code:

    var readlineSync = require('readline-sync'); var test webdriverio .remote(options) .init() .url('http://www.google.com').then(function() { test = readlineSync.question('What is your favorite food?'); //Honeyberry console.log(test) //Honeyberry })