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Is there any difference between: (function () {})(), and (function () {}())?

I've seen both constructs referenced, and would like to know if they represent two equivalent ways of constructing the exact same expression, or are they two different expressions/constructs altogether? If different, how are they different?

Crowdpleasr
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    Voting to close as duplicate. This has been [asked](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8228281/what-is-the-function-construct-in-javascript) and [answered](https://stackoverflow.com/a/23925102) already. – random_user_name Apr 30 '19 at 01:40

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These expressions are equivalent.
A closure is created, then called. The value of the expression is the closure's return value.

The simplest form would be function () {}(), however at the top level, where an IIFE would be used, that is a SyntaxError. Therefore either the creation of the closure, or the whole expression is parenthesized. However it would work in an expression context, for example 

let a = function () {}()

Update: A third form you'll sometimes see, for example in minified JS is !function () {}(), of course the return value is different in this case.

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