No, it was just for readability and to point out, that it can be any jQuery element
2009/1/23 donb <falconwatc...@comcast.net>: > > Is there a reason for 'var input' other than possibly readability? > Just wondering if there is some functional significance. > > On Jan 22, 6:06 am, Stephan Veigl <stephan.ve...@gmail.com> wrote: >> try: >> var input = $("input"); >> var parent = input.parents("span[xmlns]"); >> >> by(e) >> Stephan