Question

For example:

> function foo() {
>    jQuery(whatever).each( function() {
         return; // this just exits the anonymous function - is there a way to return from foo?
     }
   );
> 
> }

Answer 1

**Correction: Added more detail. Use a flag to allow returning from the PARENT function **

function foo() {
   var doreturn = false;
   jQuery(whatever).each( function() {
     if(youwanttoreturn){
         doreturn=1;
         return false;
     }
   });
   if(doreturn)return;
}

http://api.jquery.com/each/
“We can stop the loop from within the callback function by returning false.”