Question

I have a link with id="something":

html

<a id="something" onclick="getReturnValue()"> Something </a>

javascript

function getReturnValue(){
  //some validation
  if(validation fails){
    return false;
  }else{
    return true;
  }
}

I need to get the return value when I use:

$("#something").click();

How can I get the return value for the event ?

Already onclick function is mentioned in the html tag. I wanted to use:

$("#something").click(); 

and from that I wanted to get return value.

As I have to use it in multiple place, I dont want to write getReturnValue() method again and again like:

click(function(){ getReturnValue() })

I need to do this

if($("#something").click() == true){
  form.submit();
}

click() will call getReturnValue() which will do some validation. If the validation fails, it return false and I need not submit the form. If validation is true, I need to submit the form

Answer 1

To do some form validation, you can do something like that:

$('#myForm').submit(function(e) {
    if () {//Validation rules failed
        e.preventDefault(); //Prevent browsers from submitting
    }
    //Form is valid do nothing and let the form submit
});

Now on your button:

$("#something").click(function() {$('#myForm').submit();//Calls function from above});