And to explain why that makes a difference, when you use a string in
setTimeout it evaluates the code in the global context - as if it were
outside all your functions. So the timeout code can't see the tabLink
variable.
Using a callback function takes care of that, since a nested function can
access the variables of the outer function.
-Mike
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 4:33 PM, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Try:
>
> setTimeout(function() {
> playGlobalNewsFn(tabLink);
> return false;
> }, timeLag);
>
>
> On Oct 8, 8:47 am, vmrao <maheshpav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have the following code. I am getting an error in the setTimeout
> > function, "tabLink" is undefined. Not sure what am I doing wrong.
> >
> > function playGlobalNewsFn(obj) {
> > obj.click();
> >
> > }
> >
> > $('#playGlobalNews').click(function() {
> > var timeLag = 1000;
> > $("#tabPanel2 ul li").each(function() {
> > var tabLink = $(this).find("a");
> > setTimeout("playGlobalNewsFn(tabLink); return false;",
> timeLag); //
> > error here
> > timeLag = timeLag + 3000;
> > });
> >
> > });
> >
> >
>
