Quick Tip: Dissecting jQuery – Grep

In this latest episode of “Dissecting jQuery,” we’ll peal back the cover of $.grep, and learn exactly what’s happening behind the scenes.

jQuery Source for grep

// jQuery source for the grep method
grep: function( elems, callback, inv ) {
		var ret = [];

		// Go through the array, only saving the items
		// that pass the validator function
		for ( var i = 0, length = elems.length; i < length; i++ ) {
			if ( !inv !== !callback( elems[ i ], i ) ) {
				ret.push( elems[ i ] );
			}
		}

		return ret;
	}

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Hopefully, you now have a better understanding of what’s happening behind the scenes. Just remember: any time that you need to remove items from an array, $.grep will do the trick quite nicely!