jQuery get max width of child div's

Answer 1

A not-so-difficult example function to consider; not as elegant as cwolves, but probably easier to follow if you're a beginner.

function getMaxChildWidth(sel) {
    max = 0;
    $(sel).children().each(function(){
        c_width = parseInt($(this).width());
        if (c_width > max) {
            max = c_width;
        }
    });
    return max;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/userdude/rMSuJ/1/