> >>> This does not work:
> >>> jQuery ( function() { function test() {alert('here')} } );
> >>> test; // assume that test is defined at this point...
> > That's what didn't make sense. You want to define test later, but
> > reference it now? No, you can't do that.
> Well the sample is simplified, hence the code-comment. What
> actually happens is that test would be called based on a user
> triggered event, in theory post-document ready.
>
> I currently have a function being defined within a document
> ready block.
> I'd like to be able to access that function outside of the
> document ready block, within the 'normal' javascript scope.
> For the sake of this case we can assume that we won't try to
> use the function before the document is ready.
Ah, now I'm following you! I'm slow today.
This will work:
var test;
jQuery ( function() { test = function() {alert('here')} } );
// and sometime later in your code, after document.ready fires
test(); // test is defined at this point...
-Mike
