Hi folks

I know there is a Hash() object in the Javascript prototype framework, but is there anything in Jquery like this?

As I would like to stick with one javascript framework, rather than mixing the Prototype Frame work and the JQuery framework and use at the same time, as I worry there will be conflict and create side-effects.

So my question is: how to create Hash object/array using jquery?

Here is my function:

/* prototype framework, I want to change this to jQuery! */
var starSaves = new Hash();

function myHover(id, pos)
{
    var starStrip = $('star_strip_' + id);    
    if (starSaves.keys().indexOf(id) == -1)
    {
        var starSave = new Array();
        var imgs = starStrip.select("img")
        alert(imgs);
        for (var i = 0; i < imgs.length; i++)
        {
            starSave[starSave.length] = imgs[i].src;
            if (i < pos)
                imgs[i].src = "/images/star_1.gif";
            else
                imgs[i].src = "/images/star_0.gif";

        }
        starSaves.set(id, starSave);
    }
}