jQuery: Return previous values of custom events

Last update on July 23 2025 12:33:26 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

jQuery Events : Exercise-12 with Solution

Return previous values of custom events.

Sample Data :

<body>
<button>Display event.result</button>
 <p></p>  
 </body>

Solution:

HTML Code:


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"></script>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>Return previous  values of custom events</title>
</head>
<body>
<button>Display event.result</button>
  <p></p>  
</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:


$( "button" ).click(function( event ) {
  return "Hello";
});
$( "button" ).click(function( event ) {
  $( "p" ).html( event.result );
});

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