jQuery: Call a function

Question

I have a button with a jquery code that clears all data from a from.

<button id="reset">Reset</button>

The jQuery code looks something like this:

$("#reset").click(function()
{
 $(':input').val('');
...LOTS and lots of more code...
 $("#id").focus();
});

ALSO, separete from button...I have an ajax/php, where if successful, I want it to call the $("#reset").click() function.
-I do not want to copy and paste the code.

How can I call that function?
This did not work:

$("#reset").click();

Here is a "dummy sample" of my ajax, just show what I want to do:

//AJAX
//#new
$("#add").click(function()
{
 //START:$.post
 $.post( "ajax.php" ,
 {...var...},
 function(msg)
 {
 if( msg == 1 )
 { //Successful
 ...code...
 $("#reset").click();
 ...more code...
 } //end: if
 else
 { ...else code...} //end: if.else
 }//end: $.post.function
 ); //END:$.post
}); //END:ajax

Answer 1

You can use .trigger() to trigger an event:

$('#reset').trigger('click');

Answer 2

Calling $('#reset').click(); "should" work. Are you calling the click before attaching the click event handler? Or maybe you are attaching the event handler to the element before it exists on the page?

Answer 3

Simply calling click() should work. If not, then look at trigger

On a more general note - why would you not use form's standard reset method?