Your code looks like it'll work, it could even be reduced to:
$('form div.options').each(){function( i ){
$(this).children('[EMAIL PROTECTED]').attr('name', 'option_num_' + i);
});
--John
On 8/23/07, goodieboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi John,
>
> Actually that was a bad example sorry! What about something like this:
>
> $('form div.options').each(){function( i ){
> $(this).children('[EMAIL PROTECTED]').each(function(){
> $(this).attr('name', 'option_num_' + i);
> });
> });
>
> How do you access i from within the inner loop? I'm guessing that the
> execution of the inner each loop doesn't really occur until the outer
> one has? I just can't seem to get "dynamic" values into each handlers
> like that. I know that with Prototype, there is a function(){}.bind
> feature, is that used on "each" also?
>
> Thanks,
> Matt
>
> On Aug 23, 12:16 am, "John Resig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Like so:
> >
> > $('input').each(function(i){
> > $(this).attr('name', i);
> > });
> >
> > Nice and simple!
> >
> > --John
> >
> > On 8/23/07, goodieboy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > OK, I thought I knew jQuery pretty well. But this is completely
> > > stumping me. What I want to do is iterate through a newly attached set
> > > of input elements, and set their names based on a dynamic
> > > (incrementing) number. But the only value that ever gets used is the
> > > initial value of the variable. I've tried everything, attaching the
> > > value to the dom object, and then in the loop trying to access it
> > > (still the same original value), using a global variable, a function
> > > to get the value, all return the original value that I set the
> > > variable to.
> >
> > > What am I doing wrong? Here is an example:
> >
> > > for(i=0; i<10; i++){
> > > $('input').each(function(){
> > > $(this).attr('name', i);
> > > });
> > > }
> >
> > > Here, all of the inputs get the value 9. How can I make then all get
> > > the current incremented value of i?
> >
> > > Thank you for any tips!
> > > Matt
>
>
