How to wait or share data between files in mocha?

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describe('Your test suite', function() {
  it('should wait for asynchronous function to finish', function(done) {
    // Call your asynchronous function here
    asyncFunction(function() {
      // This will only get called after asyncFunction has finished
      done();
    });
  });
});

// Your async function
function asyncFunction(callback) {
  setTimeout(function() {
    console.log('Async function done');
    callback();
  }, 1000);
}

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// Test file 1
global.sharedData = 10;

// Test file 2
console.log(global.sharedData); // Outputs 10

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// sharedData.js
module.exports = {
  sharedData: 10
}

// Test file 1
const sharedData = require('./sharedData');
console.log(sharedData.sharedData);

// Test file 2
const sharedData = require('./sharedData');
console.log(sharedData.sharedData);