basic jquery question for a 12 year old. What is $(this). What is this this?
In jquery, what is $(this). What is this this? and what is not?
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Thanks. so can i use #some-div-id instead of this?
Also can i use this outside of the function?
And also is it possible to change the this reference inside the function (say to an a element having an id?
regards.
great. one final question. you put in head. so is the whole code rendered before this jquery you posted?
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