Call back return value Scope problem

Nadir_Hussain

var dist1;

getDistance(clickedPt,gp.geometry,function(dist){

                              dist1=dist;

                              alert("inside"+dist1);

                           

                         });

alert("outside"+dist1);

result inside block shows.but outside undefined.how to get dist outside from get distance block.dist1 undefined.Please help what can be the reason.

Thanks

TyroneBiggums

I don't think you can do things like that. First, the lang.hitch maintains the context in your objects. I don't think context and scope are the same. I think hitch only keeps up with what "this" is.

Second, you're calling an asynchronous function (your getDistance) that calls an asynchronous function (geo svc function). Your outside alert is going to run synchronously and won't care about the asynchronous timing of the other objects.

Please see my code snippet below for how I show that dist1 remains in scope if you move things around. I have a map click to start the get distance. I have a second test button click event that alerts dist1 for the 'outside'.

var dist1;

var getDistanceCallback = function(x) {
    dist1 = x
    alert('inside callback ' + dist1);
}

map.on("click", function(evt) {
    var sReference = new SpatialReference(102100);
    var newGraphic = new Point(0, 0, sReference);
    var newGraphic2 = new Point(75, Math.floor((Math.random() * 50) + 1), sReference);
    
    getDistance(newGraphic, newGraphic2, getDistanceCallback);
});

on(dom.byId('btn'), 'click', function() {
    alert('button: ' + dist1);
});