How to return a value from a function that calls $.getJSON?

Question

function lookupRemote(searchTerm)
{
   var defaultReturnValue = 1010;
   var returnValue = defaultReturnValue;

   $.getJSON(remote, function(data)
   {
      if (da         


        

Answer 1

If you don't want to use asynchronous function, better use the following:

function getValue(){
   var value= $.ajax({ 
      url: 'http://www.abc.com', 
      async: false
   }).responseText;
   return value;
}

This function waits until the value is returned from the server.