Calling a function in jQuery with click()

Question

In the code below, why does the open function work but the close function does not?

$(\"#closeLink\").click(\"closeIt\");
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Answer 1

$("#closeLink").click(closeIt);

Let's say you want to call your function passing some args to it i.e., closeIt(1, false). Then, you should build an anonymous function and call closeIt from it.

$("#closeLink").click(function() {
    closeIt(1, false);
});