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larryq
larryq

Reputation: 16299

Possible to set the value of a javascript function parameter in a callback?

That title was a mouthful. Here's what I'm trying to do in code below. The callback in this case is in the jQuery $.get function. 

      function getMapMarkup(loadUrl, myVar) {
        me = myVar;
        $.get(
            loadUrl,
            { var1: "hello", var2: "world" },
            function(responseText) {
              me = responseText;
              myVar = me; //doesn't work.  
            },
            "html"
         );     
        }

Is there a way to change the value of myVar in the function(responseText) callback, so I can use it in my program later on? Or is there another (better) way to go about what I'm trying to do?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 111

Answers (2)

Selvakumar Arumugam
Selvakumar Arumugam

Reputation: 79830

Most likely you are accessing myVar before the callback is executed.

$.get makes an AJAX call which is asynchronous and so the callback function will be called later after your server responded and so any immediate access to myVar will not have the updated value.

Upvotes: 1

Darin Dimitrov
Darin Dimitrov

Reputation: 1038720

If by later on you mean immediately after the $.get call then no, there is no way because AJAX is asynchronous and the $.get returns immediately and the success callback can be executed much later. The only reliable way to know when this happens is to put the code that depends on its result inside the success callback. You could also call some other function inside the success callback passing it the result of the AJAX call.

Upvotes: 2

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