Hmm - that does bring up a point tho... aren't ID's supposed to be unique
even in checkboxes? May need to use the name attribute instead...
Daemach wrote:
>
> I usually use filter with a selector, but a function should work. Can you
> not do the following instead tho?
>
> $("radio:[EMAIL PROTECTED]" + id + "]")
>
>
>
> Christopher Jordan wrote:
>>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I've tried to use the filter function in the past, but have never been
>> successful. Usually, I just figure out another better way to do what I
>> wanted (meaning that filter was probably the wrong choice to begin
>> with), but now I've got a case where I think filter would work fine, but
>> I'm still struggling with a couple of things.
>>
>> 1. do I need to use filter(expression) or filter(filter)?
>>
>> 2. what should my expression or filter look like?
>>
>> Okay, so here's the situation I find myself in:
>>
>> I've got a page with several select boxes and there are two radio
>> buttons associated with each one. I need to gather all the select boxes
>> and then for each one I want to select the associated radio button which
>> is checked. I could just get both of the associated radio buttons, but I
>> figure that a filter should be able to weed out the ones that are not
>> checked. Right?
>>
>> Here's what I've got so far:
>>
>> $("select").each(function(){
>> var $thisElement = $(this)[0];
>> var id = $.ListLast($thisElement, "_");
>> // for each select element get the corresponding checked
>> sortdirection radio button
>> $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]" + id + "]").filter(function(){
>> // I'm just not sure what to put here... maybe something like:
>> $(this).attr("checked");
>> });
>> });
>>
>> As you can see I'm leaning toward the idea that I think I need a
>> filter(filter) instead of a filter(expression). I'm just not sure what
>> my filter or expression should be or even which one is indeed right.
>>
>> I would appreciate any help I could get.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>>
>> --
>> http://www.cjordan.us
>>
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