Implementing jQuery's shake effect with animate

Question

I\'ve been given a cut down subset of the jQuery lib one of the key features I\'m missing is the .effect functions. I do however have .animate. I w

Answer 1

So far I have something like this ..

jQuery.fn.shake = function(intShakes, intDistance, intDuration) {
    this.each(function() {
        $(this).css("position","relative"); 
        for (var x=1; x<=intShakes; x++) {
        $(this).animate({left:(intDistance*-1)}, (((intDuration/intShakes)/4)))
    .animate({left:intDistance}, ((intDuration/intShakes)/2))
    .animate({left:0}, (((intDuration/intShakes)/4)));
    }
  });
return this;
};