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JavaScript jQuery Basics (2014) Introduction to jQuery Ways to Include jQuery in a Project

Miguel Nunez
Miguel Nunez
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Posted by Miguel Nunez
Miguel Nunez
3,266 Points

In jQuery is there such thing as a function name natively with out JS engagement?

I know jQuery is a libary of JavaScript but I was just curious so lets just say I have a lot of functions in jQuery I was wondering is there a way I can distinguish them by names? Or is the power of distinguishment based on the jQuery functions reference contents for example like an Id or a class id or a tag name reference.

To better understand me then here's my question on another website. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45653250/in-jquery-is-there-such-thing-as-a-function-name-natively-with-out-js-engagement

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Dane Parchment
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Dane Parchment
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Dane Parchment
Dane Parchment
Treehouse Moderator 11,075 Points

I don't thing that JS Engagement is an actual term....so I wouldn't call what you are trying to do that, I think it will confuse people because they won't be to sure what JS Engagement actually is.

To answer your question...yeah I think so if I understood everything correctly.

You can still call functions in JQuery don't forget it is just a javascript library what JavaScript does, it can do as well (don't quote me on that though I haven't used JQuery since I was in middle school (in senior year of college now..lol))

function sayHello() { alert('Hello!');}

$("#hello-button").click(sayHello);

That is how you would pass named functions in JQuery.