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ala888

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Hi guys, giant scrub here.

 

$('selector').('somemethod')();

is the general syntax of jquery

 

but, why do I see this:

 

$('p').click(function(){ ................... });

as opposed to

$('p').click( ................... );

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I can do this:

function x() {

if(something) { $().(); }

}

calling jquery directly!

 

so why not this?

 

$('p').click($().(););

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let me rephrase myself, as I realized how ridiculously ambiguous I sound.

<script>

$herpderpsomejquerymethods //SELF INVOKES, LORDY LORDY, PRAISE JESUS

</script>

 

$herpderdperderp.herdeprerp($someotherstuff); // NO SELF INVOKING. OH NOES

$herpderdperderp.herdeprerp(FUNCTION(){$someotherstuff}); // ya need to add this redundant thing, but y?

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A function like click expects you to pass it a function, which gets executed when the user clicks on the element. Here's a simple example:

$('p').click(function(){  if (confirm('Really')) {    alert('Yes');  }  else {    alert('No');  }});
If you are suggesting that you should be able to replace that with this:
$('p').click(  if (confirm('Really')) {    alert('Yes');  }  else {    alert('No');  });
Then that's not even valid Javascript syntax. You can't pass entire control statements to a function. Anything you pass to a function needs to evaluate to a value, and that value is what you actually pass. In the first case you are passing an anonymous function, which is a perfectly fine value to pass.
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