Actually, $thisCell is initialized with the *undefined* value, not the *null* value.
var foo; // undefined var bar = null; // null alert( foo === bar ); // false alert( foo == bar ); // true, but only because of type conversion -Mike > From: Peter Warnock > > No. $thisCell is initialized with a null value in the current scope. > > - pw > On May 13, 11:12 pm, runrunforest <craigco...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I see this line in a plugin > > > > var $thisCell, $tgt = $(event.target); > > > > does that mean: > > > > var $thisCell = $(event.target); > > var $tgt = $(event.target);