Passing $(this) to a callback in jQuery?

Question

I have two effects that I want to run one after another, but I can\'t work out how to pass $(this) to the callback from the first effect.

This is what I

Answer 1

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if($(this).hasClass('flag')) {
    var el = this;
    $('someElement').slideUp(function() {
        $(el).slideDown();
    });
}