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Browser and Feature Detection:
NameType
jQuery.supportReturns: Object
Added in jQuery 1.3 A collection of properties that represent the presence of different browser features or bugs.
jQuery.browserReturns: Map
Deprecated in jQuery 1.3 (see jQuery.support) Contains flags for the useragent, read from navigator.userAgent.
jQuery.browser.versionReturns: String
Deprecated in jQuery 1.3 (see jQuery.support) The version number of the rendering engine for the user's browser.
jQuery.boxModelReturns: Boolean
Deprecated in jQuery 1.3 (see jQuery.support) States if the current page, in the user's browser, is being rendered using the W3C CSS Box Model.
Array and Object operations:
NameType
jQuery.each( object, callback )Returns: Object
A generic iterator function, which can be used to seamlessly iterate over both objects and arrays. Arrays and array-like objects with a length property (such as a function's arguments object) are iterated by numeric index, from 0 to length-1. Other objects are iterated via their named properties.
jQuery.extend( deep, target, object1, objectN )Returns: Object
Extend one object with one or more others, returning the modified object.
jQuery.grep( array, callback, invert )Returns: Array
Finds the elements of an array which satisfy a filter function. The original array is not affected.
jQuery.makeArray( obj )Returns: Array
Turns anything into a true array.
jQuery.map( array, callback )Returns: Array
Translate all items in an array to another array of items.
jQuery.inArray( value, array )Returns: Number
Determine the index of the first parameter in the Array (-1 if not found).
jQuery.merge( first, second )Returns: Array
Merge two arrays together.
jQuery.unique( array )Returns: Array
Remove all duplicate elements from an array of elements. Note that this only works on arrays of DOM elements, not strings or numbers.
Test operations:
NameType
jQuery.isArray( obj )Returns: boolean
Added in jQuery 1.3 Determine if the parameter passed is an array.
jQuery.isFunction( obj )Returns: boolean
Determine if the parameter passed is a Javascript function object.
String operations:
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jQuery.trim( str )Returns: String
Remove the whitespace from the beginning and end of a string.
URLs:
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jQuery.param( obj )Returns: String
Serializes an array of form elements or an object (core of .serialize() method).