JS - Calling functions between stripts, inside and outside of document.ready

[venomtail]

Run into a problem where I need a function that is outside the document.ready to call a function that is inside it. 

$(document).ready(function () {
  function ExampleDoStuff(var message){
    		alert(message);
  }
});

function CalledExternally(){
	ExampleDoStuff("Do Stuff");
}

 

Ideally I'd have everything inside the ready script but I need the other function to be called by a different JS file, that also exists on the browser page, I couldn't call it if it was inside the scope of ready but could if it was outside.

 

I can think of two fixes:

1. How can I place CalledExternally inside the ready and for it to be easily called by different JS files without the files explicitly referencing THIS file?
2. If not, how can I get the code above to work. Online says to make the ready an class, doesn't work so I guess I keep doing it wrong?

[jaejunks]

Fix for #2: Expose the needed function so that it's accessible by the code which needs it. e.g.:
 

function fnInit(arg) {
  //below line should be the first code in this function
  if (arg === "init") {
    //expose ExampleDoStuff function as fnInit's method
    fnInit.ExampleDoStuff = ExampleDoStuff;
    return;
  }
  
  function ExampleDoStuff(var message){
    alert(message);
  }
}
fnInit("init");
$(document).ready(fnInit);

function CalledExternally(){
  fnInit.ExampleDoStuff("Do Stuff");
}