I want to call the function on load as well as on resize.
Is there a better way to rewrite this more compactly?
$(\'.content .right\').width($(window
You can bind to the resize event alone, and trigger this event automatically upon load:
// Bind to the resize event of the window object
$(window).on("resize", function () {
// Set .right's width to the window width minus 480 pixels
$(".content .right").width( $(this).width() - 480 );
// Invoke the resize event immediately
}).resize();
The last .resize() call will run this code upon load.