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    <p>I'm having trouble returning a JSON object, instead all I get is an undefined variable.</p> <p>This code is supposed to return a json element from an API. It seems to work in the success: function, but once I try and take that data elsewhere it just displays 'undefined'</p> <pre><code>var datas; datas = getdata(); //getdata(); createChart(datas) alert('2datass'+datas); // this returns undefined function createChart(data){ alert(data); //outputs undefined } function getdataaa(){ alert('ajax'); $.ajax({ type: "GET", dataType: "json", url: "API URL", success: function(data){ alert(data); // WORKS! and outputs my JSON data /* for(var i =0;i &lt;= data.length-1;i++) { var item = data[i]; datas = datas + { type: 'column', name: item.name, data: [item.difference] }; } */ //Neither of these returns seems to work return jQuery.parseJSON(data); return data; } }); }; </code></pre> <p>Any help would be appreciated.</p> <p>SOLUTION</p> <p>Thanks to all who have helped.</p> <p>This seems to do the trick</p> <pre><code> var datas; datas = getData(); //getdata(); alert('2datass'+datas); console.log(datas); createChart(datas); function createChart(data){ alert('createChart'+data); var dynamicData; for(var i =0;i &lt;= data.length-1;i++) { var item = data[i]; dynamicData = dynamicData + { type: 'column', name: item.name, data: [item.difference] }; } alert('dynamic' +dynamicData); // works, but says undefined before - outputs dynamic undefined[object Object][object Object][object Object][object Object][object Object] var series = [dynamicData,{ type: 'column', name: 'Jane', data: [300, 30] }, { type: 'column', name: 'John', data: [-200, 50] }, { type: 'column', name: 'Joe', data: [444, -25] }, { type: 'column', name: 'Jobe', data: [444, -25] }, { type: 'column', name: 'Jooe', data: [444, -25] },{ type: 'column', name: 'Jane', data: [300, 30] } , { type: 'pie', name: 'Total consumption', data: [{ name: 'Jane', y: 13 //color: '#4572A7' // Jane's color }, { name: 'John', y: 23 //color: '#AA4643' // John's color }, { name: 'Joe', y: 19 //color: '#89A54E' // Joe's color }], center: [30, 80], size: 100, showInLegend: false, dataLabels: { enabled: false } }]; var options = { chart: { renderTo: 'container' }, title: { text: 'Account Managers Leaderboard' }, xAxis: { categories: ['Month on Month', 'Day on Day'] }, tooltip: { formatter: function() { var s; if (this.point.name) { // the pie chart s = ''+ this.point.name +': '+ this.y +' sales'; } else { s = ''+ this.x +': '+ this.y; } return s; } }, labels: { items: [{ html: 'Total proportion of sales &lt;br /&gt;this month', style: { left: '40px', top: '-5px', color: 'black' } }] }, series: series }; $(document).ready(function() { var chart; chart = new Highcharts.Chart(options); }); } function getData(){ //alert('ajax'); var receivedData; // store your value here $.ajax({ type: "GET", dataType: "json", url: "API URL", async: false, success: function(data){ alert('data'+data); //works receivedData = data; } }); return receivedData; }; </code></pre>
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    1. COpossible duplicate of [return AJAX callback return](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9041321/return-ajax-callback-return)
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    2. COpossible duplicate of [jQuery AJAX: return value on success](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9055810/jquery-ajax-return-value-on-success) and [many, many others](http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=jquery+return+value+from+ajax&submit=search)...
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    3. COThe only way the above code will work is when async is set to false in the $.ajax options. Although, that will cause the browser to freeze till the ajax call is done
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