gistfile1.js

// ajax to html what what
$.extend( {
    updateBlock: function(url, options, callback){

        var defaults = {
            round:false
        }; // defaults
        options = $.extend({}, defaults, options || {});

        $.getJSON(url, function(data, these_options){  
            
            var r = data.output; // r for record
            
            for (var key in r) {
                if (r.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
                    if( typeof r[key] == 'object' ) { // units and values
                        if( options.round )
                            round($( '#' + key ).text( quantity(r[key])),1);
                        else
                            $( '#' + key ).text( quantity(r[key]));
                    } // if

                    else
                    {
                        if( r[key] === '' && typeof r[key] == 'string' ) // for blank strings
                            r[key] = '--';
                                                    
                        if( options.round )
                            round( $( '#' + key ).text( r[key] ), 1 );

                        else
                            $( '#' + key ).text( r[key] );
                    } // else
                } // if
            } // for

        if( typeof callback == 'function' )
            callback.call(this, data);

        }); // get

    },
    
    completelyDifferentFunction: function( other, options, entirely){
    
    }


}); // extend