Calling a function from within a jQuery function

[savagenoob]

I am doing a jQuery autocomplete and based on the click of the user would like to call another function using that value. Here is my jQuery:

$(function() {
	function log( message ) {
		$( "<div/>" ).text( message ).prependTo( "#inputString" );
		$( "#inputString" ).scrollTop( 0 );
	}

	$( "#inputString" ).autocomplete({
		source: "ajax/search.php",
		minLength: 1,
		select: function( event, ui ) {
			log( ui.item ?
				"Selected: " + ui.item.value :
				"Nothing selected, input was " + this.value );
                    
		}
            
	});
        
        
});

 

and once the user clicks on a selection from the autocomplete use that value to call a function called showCar(value); Ive tried placing this function in the above code and it messes up the autocomplete.