Jquery - Grab Variable from Another Function

Question

I have two functions on my page. I am trying to find a way to access a variable in function 1 inside function 2:

$(function() {
    $('a[id=1]').live("click", function(event) {
        event.preventDefault();
        var Var1 = "something1";
       });
});

$(function() {
    $('a[id=2]').live("click", function(event) {
        event.preventDefault();
        var Var2 = event.var1;
       });
});

So I am sure my above is incorrect but you can see how in function 2 I am trying to grab a variable from the first function.

Is there a way I can do this? I don't know why, but I keep thinking it has something to do with the event.var1 or the event functionality.

Answer 1

Each event are will be unique from each click, you can store your result in a global variable in the window object and take care of the order of the events

$(function() {
$('a[id=1]').on("click", function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    window.Var1 = "something1";
   });
});

$(function() {
$('a[id=2]').on("click", function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    var Var2 = window.Var1;
   });
});