jquery判断元素内容是否为空的方法 原创

/**
 * 校验文本是否为空
 * tips：提示信息
 * 使用方法：$("#id").validate("提示文本");
 * @itmyhome
 */
$.fn.validate = function(tips){

  if($(this).val() == "" || $.trim($(this).val()).length == 0){
    alert(tips + "不能为空！");
    throw SyntaxError(); //如果验证不通过，则不执行后面
  }
}

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://m.uoften.com/skin/mobile/js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div><ul id="thelist2">
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</ul>
<div><ul id="thelist3"></ul>
<script>
alert($('#thelist2').children().length)
alert($('#thelist3').children().length)
$thelist3 = $('#thelist3');
if($thelist3.children().length==0){
//插入广告
}
/*
thel3con = $('#thelist3').html();
alert(thel3con.length);
if(thel3con=""){
alert("空");

}else{
alert("非空");
}
*/
</script>

String.prototype.isEmpty = function () {
 var s1 = this.replace(/[\r\n]/g, '').replace(/[ ]/g, ''),
   s2 = (s1 == '') ? true : false;
 return s2;
};
$list.html().isEmpty();