[jQuery] Re: How to wrap multiple elements at once in one tag.

[Wizzud]

var tables = $('table', context); // set context, or modify selector,
as needed
var starts = tables.filter('.pagestart').map(function(){
    return tables.index(this);
  });
$.each(starts, function(i, v){
    tables.slice(v, (starts[i+1] || tables.length)).wrapAll("<div
id='tableSet"+i+"'></div>");
  });


On Nov 20, 9:26 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a very ugly piece of html coming off a server that I am trying
> to make pretty.
>
> So far things have gone well, I have been able to manipulate the html
> using jquery as well as the Tabs and frames plug-ins.  However, I have
> one out standing issue.  I would like to section the content of the
> page into divs.
>
> Currently it is a long series of tables as below:
>
> <table class=pagestart></table>
> <table></table>
> <table></table>
> <table></table>
> <table class=pagestart></table>
> <table></table>
> <table></table>
> <table></table>
>
> As you can see the sections are already defined, in a very poor way,
> by the pagestart class on the first table of a group.  I would like to
> wrap all the tables starting with a pagestartclass, up until the next
> pagestart class with a div element.
>
> I have tried using
>
> $("#example table.pagestart").each(
>            function(i){
>                if i==0{
>                  $(this).before("<div id=tableSet"+i+">");}
>                else{
>                  $(this).before("</div><div id=tableSet"+i+">");}
>              })
>
> However, this does not work, because the before function always
> expects a complete element and my html ends up like this.
>
> <div id=tableSet0 />
> <table class=pagestart></table>
> <table></table>
> <table></table>
> <table></table>
> <div id=tableSet1 />
> <table class=pagestart></table>
> <table></table>
> <table></table>
> <table></table>
>
> Which leaves me in the same situation as before.  Is there a way to do
> this, does anyone have any creative suggestions?  I would really hate
> to have to hand code the javascript parsing of the dom and inserting
> of the tags.
>
> Thanks,
> K