JavaScript doesn't seem to wait for return values

Question

I\'ve been struggling with this for a while now. I\'m new to Javascript, and have been under the impression that the code I\'ve been writing has been running asynchronously.

Answer 1

The return statement inside the anonymous function returns from the anonymous function, not from the outer geocode function. The geocode function returns undefined. The geocoder.geocode method may call the anonymous function whenever it wants, sync or async. Check the docs for it.