Finding if a jquery plugin/function is available. Diff between $.pluginName() and $().pluginName()

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I am trying to detect if a jQuery plugin is available, I tried

$.pluginName

but failed then tried

$().pluginName

it works. But whats the difference between the 2?

Did you try just `$.pluginName`, without the brackets? That's what I'd try first. — sje397, May 23 '11 at 06:21
@sje397, actually I did without the braces, I still got undefined — JM at Work, May 23 '11 at 06:43
possible duplicate of [how to check if a jquery plugin is loaded](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/400916/how-to-check-if-a-jquery-plugin-is-loaded) — sje397, May 23 '11 at 06:44

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:34

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You can look at this stackoverflow question only, they discussed a lot about this

How can I check if a jQuery plugin is loaded?

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answered May 23 '11 at 06:30

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered May 23 '11 at 06:44

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You should be looking at $.fn.pluginName. jQuery's $.fn is an alias for $.prototype and that's where all the plugin names go. The top-level $.* namespace is reserved for jQuery's utility functions such as $.each() and $.grep().

answered May 23 '11 at 06:44

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Finding if a jquery plugin/function is available. Diff between $.pluginName() and $().pluginName()

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