What is a $(function() { ... }) function and when is it called in the following example?

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I am using SharePoint Server 2007 Enterprise with Windows Server 2008 Enterprise. I am developing using VSTS 2008 + C# + .Net 3.5 + ASP.Net. I am learning the following code dealing with javascript, my confusion is for $(function(){...} part of code, when it will be called and what is its function? I did not see any code invokes this function. ``` Test

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It comes from the jQuery library you're including: ``` ``` `$` is an alias for the `jQuery` function. See jQuery(callback) reference documentation: A shorthand for `$(document).ready()`. Allows you to bind a function to be executed when the DOM document has finished loading. This function behaves just like `$(document).ready()`, in that it should be used to wrap other $() operations on your page that depend on the DOM being ready to be operated on. While this function is, technically, chainable - there really isn't much use for chaining against it. For more information, have a look at Tutorials:Introducing $(document).ready()

What is a $(function() { ... }) function and when is it called in the following example?

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