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Date: 2009apr1
Language: javaScript

Q.  How do *you* add a jQuery event?

A.  This this example we'll add an onChange() event.
The regular jQuery docs says this is the way to add an event:

$("#my_control").change(function() {
	alert('changed1');
});

Many people find this syntax weird.  I used a nameless function.
So you may wish to do it this way:

function my_control_changed() {
	alert('changed2');
}

$("#my_control").change(my_control_changed);

This way you can use the name of the function to provide a bit
of documentation.

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