jQuery to load text file data
<p>I'm trying to load data from a text file on my server using the $.get() function in an external script file.  My code is as follows:</p>

<pre><code>  /* 
   * Load sample date
   */
  var stringData;
  $.get("http://localhost/webpath/graphing/sample_data.txt", function(data){
      stringData = data;
      //alert("Data Loaded: " + stringData);
      });
  //Split values of string data
  var stringArray = stringData.split(",");
  alert("Data Loaded: " + stringData);
</code></pre>

<p>When I'm inside the $.get() function I can see stringData var get peopulated just fine and the call to alert confirms that it contains data from the sample text file.  However, when I get outside the $.get() function, the stringData var no longer shows.  I don't know enough about how the function works to know why it is not doing as I expected.  All I want it to do is load the text data into a variable so I can work with it.  Any help is appreciated.</p>
