.css(‘width’) and .css(‘height’) versus .width() and .height()

Question

Guys I\'ve been asking around and nobody can really tell me the benefits of using .css(‘width’) and .css(‘height’) rather than .width()

Answer 1

var elH = someElement.height();           // 200

.height() returns a Number, while

var elH = someElement.css("height");      // "200px"

above jQuery accesses the element's style property like JS would in:

var height = someDOMelement.style.height; // "200px"

returning a String value in px.