Calling a function that's defined inside a function

Question

*Is there a way to call a function defined inside another function in javaSCRIPT? For example:

window.onload() = function() {
    function my_function(){
            


        

Answer 1

The scope of the function is the core issue here, as Zeychin and Trevor have said. I thought I'd offer another way of handling it. Basically, you can set your function to a variable that's in a higher scope (that is, accessible to both the onload and function_two functions), while defining it inside the onload function as you originally have:

var myFunction; //This is the placeholder which sets the scope

window.onload() = function() {
   myFunction = function() { //Assign the function to the myFunction variable
      print('blah');
   }
}

function function_two() {
   myFunction();
}

This might be handy if you only know the information you need for myFunction once you're in the onload event.