jQuery variables turning out "undefined" even though made global

Question

I want to store a value from a JSON object in a global variable to use later in my code. Apparently this does not work even though it should make the country variable global.

$.getJSON(reverseGeoRequestURL, function(reverseGeoResult){
    window.country = reverseGeoResult.results[0].locations[0].adminArea1;
});
console.log(window.country);

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 11 '14 at 17:54

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The getJSON call is asynchronous. Put that console.log call inside the callback and it will not be undefined.

answered May 11 '14 at 17:54

musicnothing

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I see, but I need to get that value so I can use it later – Axel K May 11 '14 at 17:57
You're going to have to continue processing the data only after getJSON has finished. – musicnothing May 11 '14 at 18:08

jQuery variables turning out "undefined" even though made global

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