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Created May 13, 2011 12:47
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jQuery deferring helper
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jquery.defer.js
var $=(function(){var x=[],z=setInterval(function(){if("jQuery" in window){$.each(x,function(){$(this)});clearInterval(z)}},10);return function(y){x.push(y)}})();
/* uncompressed: */
var $ = (function() {
var x = [],
z = setInterval(function() {
if ("jQuery" in window) {
$.each(x, function() {
$(this);
});
clearInterval(z);
}
}, 10);
return function (y) {
x.push(y);
};
})();
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If you use defer="defer" on jQuery, the $ variable isn't defined, until jQuery has loaded. To be able to embed $(function(){})-style code though, this little helper (162B) will take care of defining a fallback $ until this happens.

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By the way, quite the same solution in an 2008 jQuery list posting:
http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/browse_thread/thread/f31d8cf3ec8cd55a

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