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Revision: 44958
at April 21, 2011 06:11 by anagaiyahoocom
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$('dt').find('a').click(doit);
		
function doit(e)
{
   //e - is event object passed in
   e.preventDefault();
   //this - is the element this func is attached to
   alert($(this).attr('href'); 
}
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Is very inefficient to attach a anonymous function event handlers to multiple items in a selection. The function is duplicated for each element. 

This shows how you can just create a single function and in the event handler callback just call that function.

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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Jquery Callback Without Anonymous Function

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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jquery

                                

                                                            

                                    

                                        

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JavaScript