I want to create a jQuery statement that looks like this:
$('.total_999').html("something");
However, 999 comes from variable called storeNo.
How can I construct this statement dynamically?
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Can you come up with a better selector for getting total_999? can you show some html with the total_999 element?Ken Struys– Ken Struys2010-08-20 20:41:22 +00:00Commented Aug 20, 2010 at 20:41
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$('.total_'+storeNo).html("something");
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roger rover
that would resolve to : $('.total_'+storeNo).html("something");
Pointy
No it would not, @roger rover. You say that the variable named "storeNo" contains 999. You're not making the mistake of trying to do this in an "eval()" are you? Don't do that.
Iznogood
@Ender Hey thanks, Pointy to. And Roger Rover why is it not working? Post more code this should work.
total_999 in your example is a class. Since it appears to be unique (or likely so), then it should probably be the id, and use a more generic class.
for example:
<div id="total_999" class="total">...</div>
then you can use the id, or the class to refer to the element
$('#total_'+storeNo); //get the element
or
$('.total'); //get all of the totals
A more complete example might be:
function setTotal(storeNo, total) {
$('#total_'+storeNo).html(total);
}
setTotal(999,'$1,276');
answered Aug 20, 2010 at 20:52
Jonathan Fingland
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roger rover
right. It is id, but this ...$('#total'+store_number); does not resolve to #totall999
Jonathan Fingland
roger,
store_number=999;$('#total_'+store_number); resolves to the element with id "total_999"Jonathan Fingland
changed the variable name to match the one you used in the question
