[jQuery] Re: what does options mean ???

I'd suggest reading this article

http://www.learningjquery.com/2007/10/a-plugin-development-pattern

heck, he even uses "options" for the name, and that probably is not
coincidence as many people follow Mike's suggested pattern

On Oct 31, 6:50 pm, numerical25 <numerica...@aol.com> wrote:
> I am looking through some previous made code and I notice a special varible
> called options. I suppose it special because my html editor gives it a
> purple color that stands out as if its a predefined varible. the code looks
> like something below
>
>   $('#begin').click(function(){
>     $('#log').val('')
>     $('#display').val('')
>     log('Started recording: ' + duration + 'ms')
>
>     $.Events({ duration: duration }, function(){
>       $('#display').val(this.exportJSON())
>       log('Finished recording')
>     })
>   })
>
> // Then the plugin recieves it like this
>
>   $.Events = function(options, callback) {
>     if (callback) options.finished = callback
>     return (new Eventer(options)).start()
>   }
>
> // I understand that you can pass variables in a parameter through an array.
> is this options keyword a way to present the values in the the array ???
>
> If so then where did this finished varible come from. can you add more
> varibles to the keyword 'options' ???
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