jQuery function declaration explanation

Question

I\'ve opened jQuery 1.7.1 library and wanted to study the code, but I\'ve found a that functions are declared in strange way (for me). For example:

show: functio         


        

Answer 1

they're being described as a js object function. In this case:

var jQuery = {
    show: function(){
        //some code here
    }
}

so you access it like jQuery.show() for example.

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