How can I make a function defined in jQuery.ready available globally?

Question

I have a function that strips the youtube id off a url. I then want to use this function 10 time per page (in the wordpress loop).

The function works great when I fe

Answer 1

declare getList() outside the ready() function..

var getList = function(url, gkey){
        var returned = null;
        if (url.indexOf("?") != 
....
....
...
};

Now the getList will work anywhere in the code:

$(document).ready( function() {
alert(getList('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm4J5dAUnR4', "v"));
});

The problem was, scope of the getList(.) function.