wow silly me, after all I am trying to target the ID, # would be
useful. :p ill give that a try tomorrow.
On Nov 29, 7:22 pm, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 29, 2007, at 6:04 PM, Josh V wrote:
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> > on click i am storing the ID of an the <a> i clicked.
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> > i am then replacing characters in that string to get the desired
> > resulting string.
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> > i am then trying to toggle a div whos ID is the resulting string.
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> > heres what i got.
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> > $("ul#specialsNav li a").click( function(){
> > var whichID = $(this).attr("id").replace(/_a_/, "");
> > var newSpecial = "div." + whichID;
> > $(newSpecial).toggle();
> > });
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> > i have tried putting...
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> > $("newSpecial").toggle();
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> > but nothing
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> Hi Josh,
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> Is it because you're using "div." instead of "div#"? You shouldn't
> even need the "div" part at all. Try this instead:
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> var newSpecial = "#" + whichID;
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> Hope that helps.
>
> --Karl
> _________________
> Karl Swedbergwww.englishrules.comwww.learningjquery.com
