jQuery check if Cookie exists, if not create it

Question

I cannot get this code to work I must be missing something pretty simple. I am trying to check to see if a Cookie exists, if it does {do nothing} if it doesn\'t {create it}

Answer 1

Try this very simple:

            var cookieExist = $.cookie("status");
            if(cookieExist == "null" ){
                alert("Cookie Is Null");

            }