How to create Hash object/array using jquery?

Question

I know there is a Hash() object in the Javascript prototype framework, but is there anything in Jquery like this?

As I would like to stick with one javascript framew

Answer 1

There's a standalone hash table implementation called jshashtable (full disclosure: I wrote it). Using it, your code would be:

var starSaves = new Hashtable();

function myHover(id, pos)
{
    var starStrip = $('star_strip_' + id);
    if (!starSaves.containsKey(id))
    {
        var starSave = new Array();
        var imgs = starStrip.select("img")
        alert(imgs);
        for (var i = 0; i < imgs.length; i++)
        {
            starSave[starSave.length] = imgs[i].src;
            if (i < pos)
                imgs[i].src = "/images/star_1.gif";
            else
                imgs[i].src = "/images/star_0.gif";

        }
        starSaves.put(id, starSave);
    }
}