jquery core: small size optimizations for val().

diff --git a/src/core.js b/src/core.js
index 74fd6fc..cbc3b40 100644 (file)
--- a/src/core.js
+++ b/src/core.js
@@ -357,11 +357,10 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
        },
 
        val: function( value ) {
-               if ( value == undefined ) {
-
-                       if ( this.length ) {
-                               var elem = this[0];
+               if ( value == undefined ) {                     
+                       var elem = this[0];
 
+                       if ( elem ) {
                                if( jQuery.nodeName( elem, 'option' ) )
                                        return (elem.attributes.value || {}).specified ? elem.value : elem.text;
                                
@@ -393,11 +392,11 @@ jQuery.fn = jQuery.prototype = {
                                                }
                                        }
 
-                                       return values;
+                                       return values;                          
+                               }
 
                                // Everything else, we just grab the value
-                               } else
-                                       return (this[0].value || "").replace(/\r/g, "");
+                               return (elem.value || "").replace(/\r/g, "");
 
                        }