# event.result

Categories: Events > Event Object

## event.result Returns: Object

Description: The last value returned by an event handler that was triggered by this event, unless the value was undefined.

- #### version added: 1.3event.result

This property can be useful for getting previous return values of custom events.

### Example:

#### Display previous handler's return value

    <!DOCTYPE html>
    <html>
    <head>
      <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7rc2.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>

    <button>display event.result</button>
    <p></p>

    <script>
    $("button").click(function(event) {
      return "hey";
    });
    $("button").click(function(event) {
      $("p").html( event.result );
    });
    </script>

    </body>
    </html>

#### Demo: