Access variable made in componentDidMount
<p>I have a variable that I'm creating in <code>componentDidMount()</code> and I'd like it to be available in <code>componentDidUpdate()</code>. Any thoughts? Code looks like this:</p>

<pre><code>class Example extends Component {
  componentDidMount() {
    const myVariable = 'this thing';
  }

  componentDidUpdate() {
    // I'd like my variable to be accessible here
    console.log(myVariable);
  }

  render() {...}
}
</code></pre>