jQuery Plugin Check Version

Question

When writing a new jQuery plugin is there a straightforward way of checking that the current version of jQuery is above a certain number? Displaying a warning or logging an

Answer 1

I feel like all the solutions are rather bulky, is mine below missing something?

Compressed version:

(parseInt(jQuery.fn.jquery.split('.').join('')) > 140) ? alert("Running jquery greater than 1.4.0") : alert("current jquery version is 1.4.0 or less");

Long version for clarity:

// get version as a string and get rid of the periods. 
version = jQuery.fn.jquery.split('.').join('');

// Make into one long number for easy comparison.  Example, 171, or 141.
version = parseInt(version);
if(version > 141){
    alert("We're using a version greater than 1.4.1");
}else{
    alert("jQuery version is 1.4.1 or lower");
}