Jquery: Returning Value From Trigger

Question

I am using a trigger call a get a value from custom event but I want it to return a value and its only giving me Object Object when I do the following call:

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Answer 1

Try this:

$("#my_div").on("get_id", function(e, username){
    var user_id;
    if (username='fred'){
        user_id=1;
    }
    else if(username='mario'){
        user_id=2;
    }
    return user_id;
});

var user_id=$("#my_div").triggerHandler("get_id", ["username"]);