$(document).ready(function(){ $.getJSON($('address .url')[0].href+'/api/statuses/friends.json?user_id=' + current_user['id'] + '&lite=true&callback=?', function(friends){ $('#notice_data-text').autocomplete(friends, { multiple: true, multipleSeparator: " ", formatItem: function(row, i, max){ return '@' + row.screen_name + ' (' + row.name + ')'; }, formatMatch: function(row, i, max){ return '@' + row.screen_name; }, formatResult: function(row){ return '@' + row.screen_name; } }); } ); });