Unsure why variable is undefined. Possible scope issue?

Question

If you look at the function below, on line 11 where it alert(template);. It prints undefined. If I alert(template); inside the ajax succes

Answer 1

template isnt defined until your ajax request is completed.

thats why it shows fine in the success function.

not sure what framework that is ( JQuery I presume ) but you need to do the callback in the ajax success function.