Can’t access global variable outside of event handler

Hi I’m trying to access a global variable that I set inside an event handler. On my form I just click
inside a input box the problem code is basically like this

[CODE]
var dateSource;
jQuery(“body”).click(function (event) {
dateSource = event.target.id;
});

alert(dateSource);[/CODE]

The thing is if I run this, dateSource always comes out empty/blank; It never picks up the id of the inputbox

Thank you

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