How to get height of the highest children element in javascript/jQuery?

Question

I need a function to get the height of the highest element inside a div.

I have an element with many others inside (dynamically generated), and when I ask for the he

Answer 1

I found this snippet which seems more straight forward and shorter at http://css-tricks.com/snippets/jquery/equalize-heights-of-divs

var maxHeight = 0;

$(yourelemselector).each(function(){
   var thisH = $(this).height();
   if (thisH > maxHeight) { maxHeight = thisH; }
});

$(yourelemselector).height(maxHeight);