But for some reason, when i put variable data into naughty , it does

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Asked: June 9, 20262026-06-09T05:23:28+00:00 2026-06-09T05:23:28+00:00

But for some reason, when i put variable data into naughty , it does

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But for some reason, when i put variable data into naughty, it does not have content of data.

function cookie() {
    var naughty = 'aaa';
    $.post('/cookie', function(data) {
        naughty = data;
    });
    alert(naughty); // sends "aaa"
}

Why?

UPDATE: thank you! now i got it, its because $.post() is async, so alert(naughty) will be executed before it will be filled with data.

Now i have sub-question: when i turn off async, will only function cookie() postpone execution or whole browser engine will freeze until AJAX is done?

UPDATE 2: Yes, @Kevin B, you are right, naughty is never filled… i did mistake in first code sample. I am lucky that all answers are valid anyway with only second code sample 🙂

As @Kevin B pointed out, async=false will be depreciated in jQuery 1.8. And it freezes browser until request is done…

sub-question #2: i have more code inside cookie(), after this AJAX request. So, can i somehow pause execution of cookie() untill AJAX is done, without freezing whole browser with async=false? Or do i have to find new way (using complete/success callback) of coding this idea?

LAST EDIT:
I realized that what i want is ASYNC:FALSE… So i simply used it. BTW. ASYNC:FALSE will NOT be removed from jQuery! Only special kind of use-case will be…