Hello all i am having a problem with my Jquery function. i have a variable called "var checkBit" I perform a $ajax action and based on that i set the "checkBit" to either 1 or 0. But when i alert the "checkBit" it always shows 0 even when i have reassigned it the value 1. I have commented on the code where i have the problem. Here is my code:
function checkStatusType(statusId){
var checkBit = 0; //deceleration of variable and initially assigned 0
$.ajax({ //ajax action performed
url:'ajax_1.php',
type:'GET',
data:{task:'check_status_type',id:statusId},
dataType: 'json',
cache:false,
success:function(data){
if(data.length > 0){
if(data != 0){ //here i am checking if the value of "data" //is 1 or not
$('#expected-return-time').slideDown();
checkBit = 1; //based on the above check i assign
//either 1 or 0 to the variable
//alert(checkBit); when i alert it here it works fine
} else {
$('#expected-return-time').remove();
checkBit = 0; // same here
//alert(checkBit);
}
} else {
alert('Sorry unable to find the status ID');
}
},error: function(data) {
console.log('Error: ' + data);
}
});
alert(checkBit); //problem when i alert the variable here it always
//shows 0 only every time. I dont know whats wrong with it.
}
My basic objective was that my function will return the variable and based on value 1 or 0 i have different functions that i perform. if there more effective way of doing i did like to learn. Thank you very much.