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Can Good jQuery/Javascript not have lots of comments?

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I can't help thinking that good use of jQuery & Javascript must use extensive comments

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  1. var grammar = {
  2. 	BracedText : new RegExp('\{.*\}')
  3. };
  4.  
  5. $(function() {
  6. $('td.kanji').each(function() {
  7.  
  8. 	// get text is in curly-braces, abort if nothing
  9. 	var sentence = $(this).text();
  10. 	var $bracedText = sentence.match(grammar.BracedText);
  11. 	if ($bracedText === null) return;
  12. 	var bracedText = $bracedText[0].substr(1,$bracedText[0].length-2);
  13.  
  14. 	// replace curly-braced text with a span, which serves as an insertion point
  15. 	sentence = sentence.replace(grammar.BracedText,'<span></span>');
  16.  
  17. 	// find first link, clone it
  18. 	var link = $(this).closest('tr').find('a:first').clone();
  19.  
  20. 	// change the link text to what was in the curly braces
  21. 	link.text(bracedText);
  22.  
  23. 	//insert the new html
  24. 	$(this).html(sentence).find('span').append(link);
  25. });
  26. });

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