Can't access global variable in jQuery $.get within function

Question

Below is some code I\'m having trouble with. Basically, I\'m defining an empty array as a global variable (var playlist = []) and then trying to add elements to it within a

Answer 1

Chances are, playlist is getting used before $.get returns - as ajax calls are asynchronous. It works within the success callback because that gets fired once the request has completed, so it will contain the data you expect.