Question: Trying some basic jQuery and JavaScript here. 

The `.width()` gives me an integer value. The `.css('min-width')` gives me a value ending in `px`. Therefore I can't do math on this as is. What is the recommended work around?

```
alert($('#<%=lstProcessName.ClientID%>').parent('.column4').width());
alert($('#<%=lstProcessName.ClientID%>').parent('.column4').css('min-width'));
alert($('#<%=lstProcessName.ClientID%>').parent('.column4').width() >= $('#<%=lstProcessName.ClientID%>').parent('.column4').css('min-width'));

if ($('#<%=lstProcessName.ClientID%>').parent('.column4').width() >= $('#<%=lstProcessName.ClientID%>').parent('.column4').css('min-width')) {
  ...
}

```

Answer: 
The better way is to use `parseInt`. jQuery functions `.width()` and `.height()` work quite so.

Also, it would be good to encapsulate fetching of this values in standalone functions:

* `.minHeight()`, `.minHeight( size )`, `.minHeight( function() )`
* `.maxHeight()`, `...`
* `.minWidth()`, `...`
* `.maxWidth()`, `...`

Like this:

```
(function($, undefined) {

    var oldPlugins = {};

    $.each([ "min", "max" ], function(_, name) {

        $.each([ "Width", "Height" ], function(_, dimension) {

            var type = name + dimension,
                cssProperty = [name, dimension.toLowerCase()].join('-');

            oldPlugins[ type ] = $.fn[ type ];

            $.fn[ type ] = function(size) {
                var elem = this[0];
                if (!elem) {
                    return !size ? null : this;
                }

                if ($.isFunction(size)) {
                    return this.each(function(i) {
                        var $self = $(this);
                        $self[ type ](size.call(this, i, $self[ type ]()));
                    });
                }

                if (size === undefined) {
                    var orig = $.css(elem, cssProperty),
                        ret = parseFloat(orig);

                    return jQuery.isNaN(ret) ? orig : ret;
                } else {
                    return this.css(cssProperty, typeof size === "string" ? size : size + "px");
                }
            };

        });

    });

})(jQuery);

```

And your code will turn to:

```
alert($('#<%=lstProcessName.ClientID%>').parent('.column4').width());
alert($('#<%=lstProcessName.ClientID%>').parent('.column4').minWidth());
alert($('#<%=lstProcessName.ClientID%>').parent('.column4').width() >= $('#<%=lstProcessName.ClientID%>').parent('.column4').minWidth());
if ($('#<%=lstProcessName.ClientID%>').parent('.column4').width() >= $('#<%=lstProcessName.ClientID%>').parent('.column4').minWidth()) {

```
Use substring to the value returning from the min-width to remove the px