JavaScript: Send function as a parameter to another function (callbacks)
Posted on 29. Jul, 2009 by Dragos in Coding, JavaScript & Ajax
I’m sure you’ve seen a lot of code where functions are send as parameters, usually working as function callbacks e.g:
setTimeout(function () { alert('test'); },1000);
But how does the function setTimeout execute the passed function as a parameter? The answer is simple, but I need to provide you an example to understand it 
Let’s create a simple function, accepting two parameters: first a boolean value, the second – a function. Our function will analyze the boolean parameter and in case the value is true, the function passed as a parameter will be executed.
function simpleFunc(bool,func) {
if(bool) func();
}
As you notice, we add parentheses after the name of the second parameter, because we’ll treat it as a function. And that’s te whole secret.
Now that is how we will use the simpleFunc function:
simpleFunc(false,function() { alert('Yupee!'); }; // this won't alert anything, because the boolean parameter is false
//example two
simpleFunc(true,function() { alert('Yupee!'); }); // this will alert Yupee! 
Wish you luck!
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