Is there a 'not found' exception for jquery selector?

Question

I just spent \'hours\' with the following scenario: (all back to the basics)

 $(\'#typo\').bind(\'click\' etc ...

I had a typo in the selec

Answer 1

var element = $('#typo');
if (element.length > 0) {
    // element exists
}

Short of that, you would have to modify the jQuery source code to get that behavior.