The || is "or". Whichever is "true" first is the result.
So "this" || "that" would equal "this". But null || "that" would equal "that". -----Original Message----- From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of runrunforest Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 11:47 AM To: jQuery (English) Subject: [jQuery] Re: can someone translate this syntax ? ah one more thing in o = $.extend({ afterEnd: null }, o || {}); the o || {} means ?