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ShibinRagh
ShibinRagh

Reputation: 6646

jQuery collecting data inside function from another function

Is it possible Collecting data from another function while function running ?

// common function

function collectingData(){
   var name = 'tom';
   return name
}

// my target is here 

$('.myDiv').click(function(){

   // here I want data from another function
   // collectingData() 

  if( name == 'tom'  ){
     //here I have to finish based of data
  }

})

Upvotes: 0

Views: 77

Answers (6)

Prakash Choudhary
Prakash Choudhary

Reputation: 101

Call like this:-

function collectingData(){
  name = 'tom';
  return name
}

 $('.myDiv').click(function(){
 // here I want data from another function
 // 
 var name ='tom'
 if( name == collectingData() ){
 //here I have to finish based of data
 }

})

Upvotes: 1

Flash
Flash

Reputation: 1125

Why dont you makenamea global variable by removing the precedingvar` :

function collectingData(){
   name = 'tom';
 //  return name
}

name automatically appears in the whole script

$('.myDiv').click(function(){

   // here I want data from another function
   // collectingData() 

  if( name == 'tom'  ){
     //here I have to finish based of data
  }

})

Upvotes: 1

jvk
jvk

Reputation: 2201

You already return name from collectingData(); so, define a variable, do what ever stuff you want to do,

 $('.myDiv').click(function(){
   // here I want data from another function
   // collectingData() 
   var name = collectingData();
  if( name == 'tom'  ){
     //here I have to finish based of data
  }

})

Upvotes: 1

Tu Nguyen
Tu Nguyen

Reputation: 10179

You can! As long as the function which you collect data is not an asynchronous function.

In case it is an asynchronous function, then depending on the return data of that function, we will use an appropriate approach to deal with that return data.

There are two common patterns to deal with asynchronous function: callback-based and promise-based.

Upvotes: 1

Jpec07
Jpec07

Reputation: 858

I'm new so I can't post this as a comment, but is there a reason you can't run collectingData() within the click handler, as let name = collectingData()? That would be the easiest way to pass the data between the two.

Upvotes: 1

Sanchonn
Sanchonn

Reputation: 169

Try this

   $('.myDiv').click(function(){

   // here I want data from another function
   // collectingData() 
   let name = collectingData();   


  if( name == 'tom'  ){
     //here I have to finish based of data
  }

})

Upvotes: 1

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