jQuery event.result Property

Last Updated : 03 Jul, 2023

The jQuery event.result is an inbuilt property which is used to find the last and previous value returned by an event handler started by the specified event.

Syntax:

event.result

Parameter: It does not accept any parameter because it is a property not a function.

Example 1: jQuery code to show the working of event.result property.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <script src= 
"https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"> 
    </script> 
    <style> 
        div { 
            width: 40%; 
            height: 100px; 
            margin: 10px; 
            padding: 10px; 
            display: block; 
            border: 2px solid green; 
        } 
    </style> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <div> 
        <!-- click on this button -->
        <button>Click here for event result</button> 
        <p></p> 
    </div> 
    <!-- jQuery code to show working of this property -->
    <script> 
        $("button").click(function (event) { 
            return "Geeks for Geeks !"; 
        }); 
        $("button").click(function (event) { 
            $("p").html(event.result); 
        }); 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>

Output:

Example 2: In this example, a pop-up will show last value returned by an event handler.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <script src= 
"https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.js"> 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <div> 
            <!-- click on this button -->
            <button>Click here for event result</button> 
        </div> 
        <!-- jQuery code to show working of this property -->
        <script> 
            $("button").click(function (event) { 
                return "Geeks for Geeks !"; 
            }); 
            $("button").click(function (event) { 
                alert(event.result); 
            }); 
        </script> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html>