[jQuery] Getting a variable out of a function

[jQuery] Getting a variable out of a function


Hi,
New to JQuery and hope this question has an easy solution.
At present I am trying to assign a global variable from a function
which is called on a mouseover event, fired by going over a hyperlink
with a specific class.
The code:
[b]    active = "false"
    $('.menulink').mouseover( function(active) {
        active = "true"
        return active
    });
    $('.TEST').html( active )[/b]
At present I keeping getting undefined errors and I can't figure out
why.
Would appreciate any help!
Chris