jquery中设置Prototype为什么报错啊?

jquery中设置Prototype为什么报错啊?jquery网站上是这样做的

var form = $("#myform");
form.prototype.clearForm = function() {
return this.find(":input").each(function() {
this.value = "";
}).end();
};
form.clearForm() // works for all instances of jQuery objects, because the new method was added to the prototype

firebug提示:
form.prototype is undefined

html代码:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Strict//EN">


New Document

<br> $(document).ready(function(){<br> var form = $(&quot;#myform&quot;);<br> form.prototype.clearForm = function() {<br> return this.find(&quot;:input&quot;).each(function() {<br> this.value = &quot;&quot;;<br> }).end();<br> };<br> form.clearForm()<br> });<br>








可以把
[quote]form.prototype.clearForm[/quote]
改为
[code="java"]$.prototype.clearForm [/code]

[code="java"]form.clearForm[/code]