Set JQuery methods in a variables for optimisation

[w3schoon]

Nice be with you everyone! After I've learned setting JQuery selectors in a variables for optimisation.Example:

		   $(document).ready(function(){				$("form").submit(function(){					var a=$("#position"); var b=$("#job"); var c=$("input#religion"); var d="Others";										if (a.val() == "" && b.val() == d ){						b.val("").focus();						return false;					}					if (c.val() == d){						c.val("").focus();						return false;					}				});			});  

My related question is: Can I set JQuery methods in a variables for optimisation?Example:

			$(document).ready(function(){				var a=attr("maxlength", 32);				$("#specialty").a;			});

Thank you.

Edited February 17, 2013 by w3schoon

[callumacrae]

It'll make your code unreadable and no more efficient.

[justsomeguy]

It should also be noted that putting a reference to something in a variable doesn't automatically make it more efficient. In your original code you only use the variable a once, so there's no reason to save that in a variable. It's not more efficient, in fact it now uses memory to save that object in a variable reference when you only needed to refer to it once. You use b and c each potentially twice, so saving that reference in a variable might make it more efficient because it doesn't need to look up the element in the DOM more than once. You're still using the val method more than once though, so it would be better to save the value instead of the element if you only need to refer to the value, the value will use less memory.