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hi,
I'm creating RGRaph a charts using jQuery - e.g.

<script>jQuery(document).ready(function() {
var chartcvs = new RGraph.Scatter( {"chart_type":"...});
</script>

If I then try to access chart object e.g. with: "chartcvs.clearLassoState();"

It will fail with: "Uncaught ReferenceError: chartcvs is not defined"

Can you help with this?

Because the Scatter chart object is created inside a function along with the var keyword the chartcvs variable is local to that function.

To access it outside of the jQuery.ready() function you would need to omit the var keyword. That then makes the chartcvs variable global. So you could access it by name.

For example:

<script>
    jQuery(document).ready(function()
    {
        // A global variable on purpose!
        myChart = new RGraph.Scatter({ ... });
    });

    myChart.draw();
</script>

There are other ways, like going via the RGraph registry to get to the chart object - but they're a little convoluted.

One thing you could do to make things clearer is use a GLOBALS object like this:

<script>
    GLOBALS = {};

    jQuery(document).ready(function()
    {
        GLOBALS.myChart = new RGraph.Scatter({
            // ...
        });
    });

    // You can then access the chart object by doing this:
    GLOBALS.myChart.draw();
</script>

hi,

of course! Shame on me, I should have known.