Ok, I am just not worthy! <sigh>
Somebody please walk me through how this plugin works.
-Steve
John Resig wrote:
> Hi Erik -
>
> With your particular example, give this plugin a try:
>
> jQuery.fn.sort = function() {
> return this.pushStack( [].sort.apply( this, arguments ), []);
> };
>
> We've been talking about adding this for a little while now, so it may
> become official:
> http://jquery.com/dev/bugs/bug/255/
>
> Using that plugin you can use your exact snippet, above. Let me know
> if this helps.
>
> --John
>
>> I've been using jQuery for a month or so now and am really enjoying it!
>>
>> I haven't been able to figure out how to sort a collection of elements. I
>> have something like the following:
>>
>> <div class="entry"><span class="foo">foo1</span><span
>> class="bar">bar1</span></div
>> <div class="entry"><span class="foo">foo2</span><span
>> class="bar">bar2</span></div
>>
>> I would like to be able to do something like:
>>
>> $('.entry').sort(function(a, b) { return $('.foo', a).text()-$('.foo',
>> b).text(); }).appendTo('#sortedStuff');
>>
>> Or something like that. I know javascript has a sort function, but that's
>> for arrays, so I'm not sure how that will work with jQuery? Also, a google
>> search for 'jquery sort' (no quotes), brings up some stuff about sorting in
>> the jQuery code, but it appears old and I can't find anything about sorting
>> in the latest release.
>>
>> Lastly, jQarray.js seems like it would do what I want, but it appears that
>> site is gone (taking jXs with it, btw). It would be nice if plugins were
>> cached on the jQuery site. Anybody have jQarray/jXs?
>
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