Is there an “exists” function for jQuery?

Posted By: gomercobs

How can I check the existence of an element in jQuery?

The current code that I have is this:

if ($(selector).length > 0) {
    // Do something
}

Is there a more elegant way to approach this? Perhaps a plugin or a function?

Solution

In JavaScript, everything is ‘truthy’ or ‘falsy’, and for numbers 0 means false, everything else true. So you could write:

if ($(selector).length)

You don’t need that >0 part.

Answered By: Tim Büthe

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