Functions in coffeescript

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Hi, I just tried this code on coffeescript.org

a = (msg) ->   alert msg

a("booo")

and it worked fine. When I put the first part of it (defining a) in a .js.coffee file and call a("booo"); in my view it simply doesn't work. This is the error firebug throws out:

a is not defined [Break On This Error]

a("boom thata");

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OK, found answer

put it like this:

@a = (msg) ->   alert msg

in coffeescript file. This will make variable a global