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Chapter 6. Beyond the DOM with jQuery ut... > Miscellaneous utility functions
6.4. Miscellaneous utility functions
This section will explore the set of utility functions that each pretty much define their own category. We’ll start with one that doesn’t seem to do very much at all.
6.4.1. Doing nothing
jQuery defines a utility function that does nothing at all. This function could have been named $.wastingAwayAgainInMargaritaville(), but that’s a tad long so it’s named $.noop(). It’s defined with the following syntax:
