Question

I’d like to use an inline function with arguments to set a variable. Here is a boiled down version (which apparently is only pseudo code at this point) of what I’m attempting:

var something = 10;

var something_else = 15;

var dynamic_value = (function(something,something_else){
  if(something == something_else){
    return "x";
  }else{
    return "y";
  }
})();

In this case, “dynamic_value” should be “y”. The problem is that the variables “something” and “something_else” are never seen inside of this inline function.

How do you send arguments to an inline function?

edit: I’m using jquery, although that may not really apply to this question.

Answer 1

Send them in when invoking the function

var dynamic_value = (function(something, something_else) {
    ...
 })(value_for_something, value_for_something_else);