jquery - How can I redefine a variable based on a functions result? (javascript) -

i have following:

$('#country1').change(function() {     var hrc = "yes";     if (classname == "hr") {         var hrc = "yes";         return true;     } else {         var hrc = "no";         return false;     } 

then pulling json sp list like:

$('.submitdataaccounts').on('click', function() {     var data = {         __metadata: {             'type': 'sp.data.changeofaddresslistlistitem'         },         "high_risk_country": hrc,     }; 

this part works correctly else in form posts list

if leave static variable @ top of page passes correctly not work if it's based on fuction.

thanks,

declare variable outside functions, global variable, , can acces everywhere in code. if give global variable value, redefined , gets value until value change.