[jQuery] Getting a variable out of a function

[pixelvoodoo]

Hi,

New to JQuery and hope this question has an easy solution.

At present I am trying to assign a global variable from a function
which is called on a mouseover event, fired by going over a hyperlink
with a specific class.

The code:

[b]     active = "false"

        $('.menulink').mouseover( function(active) {
                active = "true"
                return active
        });

        $('.TEST').html( active )[/b]

At present I keeping getting undefined errors and I can't figure out
why.

Would appreciate any help!

Chris