Jest - How to give describe block access to variables assigned in beforeAll?

Question

I would like my describe block to have access to variables assigned inside the beforeAll function.

For example:

let variable_1;
let variable_2;


beforeAll(async () => {
  variable_1 = "hello";
  variable_2 = await getVariable_2();
});

describe('Database Testing', () => {

  console.log(variable_1); // why is this undefined?
  console.log(variable_2); // why is this undefined?

  test(`Testing`, async () => {

    expect('hi').toEqual('hi');

  })
});

How can I do this?

Answer 1

per @Kordrad comment, you need your beforeAll within a describe block

let variable_1; let variable_2;

describe('Database Testing', () => {
  beforeAll(async () => {
    variable_1 = "hello";
    variable_2 = await getVariable_2();
  });


  test(`Testing`, async () => {

    expect('hi').toEqual('hi');

  })
});