How to get return value in a function with inside Ajax call - JQuery

Question

this may sound very easy to few of you, but i am not able to figure out why I am not able to get the return value, even after chceking many posts :(

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Answer 1

Why you don't just pass it to a function?

function getMessageCount() {
  var count;
  $.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "http://localhost:43390" + "/services/DiscussionWidgetService.asmx/GetMessageCount",
    dataType: "json",
    contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
    success: function (data) {                            
       count = data.d;
       countMessages(count);

    } //success
   });
 }

function countMessages(counted) {var counted = counted; console.log(counted);}