Ajax jquery async return value

Question

how can i make this code to return the value without freezing the browser.
You can rewrite this with new method of course.

function get_         


        

Answer 1

You can not make variable assignments this way (async). you must set the variables in the success handler.

variableArray = new Array(); 

get_char_val('x');
get_char_val('y');

function get_char_val(merk)
{  
    var returnValue = null;
    $.ajax({   
        type:       "POST",
        url:            "char_info2.php",   
        data:   { name: merk },   
        dataType: "html",  
        success:    function(data)
            {
                variableArray[merk] = data;
            } 
    }); 
}

Once all of the retrievals are finished you can access the x and y variables by using variableArray[x] and variableArray[y]