Is it OK to call a regular JavaScript function within jQuery?

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Is it correct to call a regular JavaScript function in a jQuery script or should it be external (it will only be access/used by the jQuery script)? I know that it works but I want to make sure that I am using best practice. For example:

$(function(){

    $('.click1').click(function(){
         dofunction();
    }

    $('.click2').click(function(){
         dofunction();
    }

    function testing(grid_array){
         alert('function works!');  
    }

});

jQuery is JavaScript. Is it ok to have a JavaScript function inside a JavaScript function? Yes! — Felix Kling
– Felix Kling, Commented Mar 24, 2013 at 14:53

4 revs, 2 users 45% · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:21:07Z

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jQuery is a JavaScript library adding facilities, most of them helping to deal with the DOM, AJAX, or crossbrowser issues. Your jQuery script is thus also a JavaScript one.

It's perfectly normal, recommended and fine to call non jQuery based functions from code made using jQuery. In fact, you could hardly avoid that.

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edited May 23, 2017 at 12:21

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Benjamin Gruenbaum Over a year ago

I love it when you're pretentious and answer as community wiki because your 'moral code' stops you from "accepting the rep" :P

Benjamin Gruenbaum Over a year ago

@user2056238 jQuery is a library built in javascript. You're asking if it's ok calling a function from another function in JavaScript? Then yes, it is.

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