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 title: Binding to component instances
 ---
 
-Just as you can bind to DOM elements, you can bind to component instances themselves. For example, we can bind the instance of `<InputField>` to a prop named `field` in the same way we did when binding DOM Elements
+Just as you can bind to DOM elements, you can bind to component instances themselves. For example, we can bind the instance of `<InputField>` to a variable named `field` in the same way we did when binding DOM Elements
 
 ```html
+<script>
+	let field;
+</script>
+
 <InputField bind:this={field} />
 ```