Last Updated: February 25, 2016
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· iantearle

My most reused jQuery function

jQuery.fn.exists = function() {
    return this.length>0;
}

I have this handy function in every Javascript file I write for front end web design. Unbelievably handy every time.

if ($(element).exists()) {
    // Your code.
}

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