A jQuery plugin that creates equal height columns

equal_height.js

$.fn.equalHeight = function(options) {

  var maxHeight = 0;
	this.each(function(index) {
	  var height = $(this).height();

		if (height > maxHeight) { maxHeight = height };
	});

	return this.each(function(index) {
	  $(this).height(maxHeight);
	});

};