Jquery function return value

Question

I've created a function to iterate through a UL/LI. This works perfectly, my problem is returning the value to another variable. Is this even possible? What's the best method for this? Thanks!

function getMachine(color, qty) {     $("#getMachine li").each(function() {         var thisArray = $(this).text().split("~");         if(thisArray[0] == color&& qty>= parseInt(thisArray[1]) && qty<= parseInt(thisArray[2])) {             return thisArray[3];         }     });  }  var retval = getMachine(color, qty); 

Answer 1

I'm not entirely sure of the general purpose of the function, but you could always do this:

function getMachine(color, qty) {     var retval;     $("#getMachine li").each(function() {         var thisArray = $(this).text().split("~");         if(thisArray[0] == color&& qty>= parseInt(thisArray[1]) && qty<= parseInt(thisArray[2])) {             retval = thisArray[3];             return false;         }     });     return retval; }  var retval = getMachine(color, qty); 

Answer 2

The return statement you have is stuck in the inner function, so it won't return from the outer function. You just need a little more code:

function getMachine(color, qty) {     var returnValue = null;     $("#getMachine li").each(function() {         var thisArray = $(this).text().split("~");         if(thisArray[0] == color&& qty>= parseInt(thisArray[1]) && qty<= parseInt(thisArray[2])) {             returnValue = thisArray[3];             return false; // this breaks out of the each         }     });     return returnValue; }  var retval = getMachine(color, qty);