passing an anonymous function to jQuery, and reference to variable scope

Question

I am familiar with this construct in jQuery:

$('#some-element').doSomethingJQueryDoes();

But I don't understand this construct:

$(function(){
    ..
});

It appears I am passing an anonymous function to jQuery but I am curious:

When does this execute? From the code inside it appears to execute on document.ready
Is there any way to give this function a NAME so that I can call it outside of events happening, outside of its scope?

user21926 · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-11 17:41:08Z

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When does this execute? From the code inside it appears to execute on document.ready

Is there any way to give this function a NAME so that I can call it outside of events happening, outside of its scope?

Sure, if you want:

var myFunc = function() { /* ... */ };

$(myFunc);

answered Jul 11, 2016 at 17:41

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Thank you for the concise answer