Or:
$(function() {
window.say_something = function(word) {
alert(word);
};
});
--Klaus
On Apr 27, 11:24 pm, "Karl Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> var say_something;
>
> $(document).ready(function(){
> say_something = function(word){
> alert(word);
> }
>
> });
>
> Karl Rudd
>
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Yuval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hey Mike,
> > Thanks a lot for your explanation!
> > Say I insisted on defining it within the $(document).ready function,
> > how would I access a function that is located inside another function?
> > Thank you,
> > Yuval
>
> > On Apr 27, 12:37 am, "Michael Geary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi Yuval,
>
> > > It looks like you've solved the problem, and your solution is correct.
>
> > > The reason you didn't find any jQuery-specific information about this is
> > > that it isn't a jQuery problem at all. It's a matter of JavaScript
> > scoping.
>
> > > Your say_something function is defined inside another function, therefore
> > > the name "say_something" is local to that outer function and not
> > available
> > > outside it.
>
> > > You'd have exactly the same problem if settings.js looked like this:
>
> > > function foobar() {
> > > function say_something(word){
> > > alert(word);
> > > }
>
> > > }
>
> > > There is no need for your say_something() definition to be located
> > inside a
> > > $(document).ready() callback function. By defining it directly at the top
> > > level (not inside another function), you make it available globally,
> > which
> > > is just what you need:
>
> > > function say_something(word){
> > > alert(word);
>
> > > }
>
> > > -Mike
>
> > > > From: Yuval
>
> > > > Hey Guys,
> > > > I have 2 files. index.html and settings.js
>
> > > > inside settings.js:
>
> > > > $(document).ready(function(){
> > > > function say_something(word){
> > > > alert(word);
> > > > }
> > > > })
>
> > > > inside index.html
>
> > > > <script language="javascript">
> > > > $(document).ready(function(){
> > > > say_something("hello");
> > > > });
> > > > </script>
>
> > > > I am using Firefox 2 with Firebug and it claims the function
> > > > is not defined. The code does not work.
> > > > So why is this a jQuery problem, you ask?
> > > > Well, if I remove the $(document).ready call from the
> > > > external file, everything works fine!
>
> > > > this is what it looks like when it works:
>
> > > > inside settings.js:
>
> > > > // no $(document).ready call
> > > > function say_something(word){
> > > > alert(word);
> > > > }
>
> > > > inside index.html
>
> > > > <script language="javascript">
> > > > $(document).ready(function(){
> > > > say_something("hello");
> > > > });
> > > > </script>
>
> > > > I've been searching Google and the forum for almost 2 hours
> > > > now with no answer to why this does not work with
> > > > $(document).ready. Any ideas?
> > > > Thank you,
> > > > Yuval
>
> > > > p.s. replacing <script language="javascript"> with <script
> > > > language="text/javascript"> simply suppresses the error, it
> > > > does not solve the problem.
