jQuery fix for Uncaught TypeError is not a function error

Question

My code:

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.3/jquery.min.js"></script>      
<script src="http://someothersite.com/external.js"></script>

external.js:

$("head").append(unescape(""));

Unfortunately I am getting the following error when I include my external script:

Uncaught TypeError: $ is not a function

How do I fix this? Please bear in mind I can't edit the external Javascript file as it's third party.

Answer 1

We can fix this error by using jQuery() . We can use $() freely inside of our jQuery object after utilizing it. jQuery(document). ready(function($){ var allParagraphTags = $( 'p' ); });