Why return this.each(function()) in jQuery plugins?

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Published on 2010-04-20T19:54:17Z Indexed on 2010/04/20 20:03 UTC
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Some of the tutorials and examples I have seen for developing jQuery plugins tend to return

this.each(function () {

});

at the end of the function that instantiates the plugin but I have yet to see any reasoning behind it, it just seems to be a standard that everyone follows. Can anyone enlighten me as to the reasoning behind this practice?

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