Thank you everyone! You've all been very helpful!
On Jan 4, 3:36 pm, Ricardo Tomasi <ricardob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Function arguments have no value by themselves. "el" is just a short
> for "element", to make scripts understandable, it makes it explicit
> that an element is expected.
>
> function something(string){
> //doSomething}
>
> something("this is a string but could be anything else")
>
> On Jan 3, 11:44 pm, jNewb <benstockdes...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > My question to you seasoned jQuery veterans is this:
>
> > Throughout the many plugins I have devoured while attempting to learn
> > all of the secrets/gloriness of jQuery, I constantly run into
> > something like or close to <code>function(el){ //Code Here }</code>.
> > I'm guessing el is short for element and it's a variable of some sort,
> > but knowing my luck with programming anything, I'm completely wrong.
> > I've searched Google all night, but to no avail. Any help would be
> > great, thanks! P.S. On AIM, my SN is benstockdesign. Feel free to IM
> > me anytime (No cybering ladies... I'm strictly keeping my mind on
> > traversing, chaining, and manipulating! haha).
>
> > -Ben Stock, jQuery/Scripting Newb
