jquery return value code example

Example 1: jquery function return

function myFunction(p1, p2) {
  var a = "";
 $.post( "/url", function( data ) {a = data.result;});
  return a;
}

Example 2: jquery function return

function myFunction(p1, p2) {
  var a = "";
  $.ajax({
    method: "POST",
    url: "/url",
    data: {p1: p1,p2: p2},
    success: function (data) {a = data.result;},
    error: function (data) {a = data.result;}
    });
  return a;
}

Example 3: $.get jquery return value

function showGetResult( name )
{
     var result = null;
     var scriptUrl = "somefile.php?name=" + name;
     $.ajax({
        url: scriptUrl,
        type: 'get',
        dataType: 'html',
        async: false,
        success: function(data) {
            result = data;
        } 
     });
     return result;
}