Calling a function inside a jQuery plugin from outside

Question

I am trying to work out how to call functions within my jQuery plugin from outside the plugin. The code I have tried is not working. I\'m sure I will have to restructure my

Answer 1

Take a look at closures.

Here is a basic example of what a closure looks like in a jQuery plugin.

$.fn.plugin = function() {

    return {
        helloWorld: function() {
            console.log('Hello World!');
        }
    }
};

// init plugin.
var test = $('node').plugin();

// call a method from within the plugin outside of the plugin.
test.helloWorld();

You can see another example at the following jsfiddle.

http://jsfiddle.net/denniswaltermartinez/DwEFz/