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jQuery . what does $('<img/>') mean?

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I've searched but couldn't find any info on this... including the jQuery reference...

What does $('<img/>') mean in jQuery? I am familiar with $('img') only.

I have come across this code in this article: http://tympanus.net/codrops/2010/11/16/hover-slide-effect/

But in the code, when I replace one with the other, it stops working, so I guess they are not the same.

Also, the last piece of code:

.attr('src',$this.attr('src'));

what is it for? It seems redudant, but it also fails if I remove it. Can anyone elaborate on this?

Thanks

Solution

  • $(anyHtmlCode) builds a jQuery wrapped set of elements built from the HTML you provide.

    From the documentation :

    If a string is passed as the parameter to $(), jQuery examines the string to see if it looks like HTML (i.e., it has <tag ... > somewhere within the string). If not, the string is interpreted as a selector expression, as explained above. But if the string appears to be an HTML snippet, jQuery attempts to create new DOM elements as described by the HTML. Then a jQuery object is created and returned that refers to these elements. You can perform any of the usual jQuery methods on this object

    The line 

    $someElement.attr('src',$this.attr('src'));

    sets the src of $someElement to be the same as those of $this.