jQuery ajax call with async false is not working

Question

Here I have pasted my code, I want to return the response of $.ajax as response of function a(). But before the result comes up of ajax call, it is returning the empty f. pl

Answer 1

I guess you are using jQuery 1.8+

http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

Please read the fine print.

As of jQuery 1.8, the use of async: false with jqXHR ($.Deferred) is deprecated;

you must use the complete/success/error callbacks.

try

http://jsfiddle.net/UgrLE/