Your selector is still incorrect, this this instead:
$("ul#specialsNav li a").click( function(){
var whichID = $(this).attr("id").replace(/_a_/, "");
$("#" + whichID).toggle();
return false;
});
jvittetoe2 wrote:
>
>
> here is my code. http://pastemonkey.org/paste/229
>
> for some reason i still cant get this to work. instead of using the
> toggle(); function i am manually toggling the elements based on the
> resulting string. but how can i select an element based on a variable.
> essentially the variable newSpecial is equal to the selector im trying
> to select. $(newSpecial) doesn't work, $("newSpecial") doesn't work. i
> cant figure it out.
>
> On Nov 29, 9:38 pm, Josh V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 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:
>>
>> > > on click i am storing the ID of an the i clicked.
>>
>> > > i am then replacing characters in that string to get the desired
>> > > resulting string.
>>
>> > > i am then trying to toggle a div whos ID is the resulting string.
>>
>> > > heres what i got.
>>
>> > > $("ul#specialsNav li a").click( function(){
>> > > var whichID = $(this).attr("id").replace(/_a_/, "");
>> > > var newSpecial = "div." + whichID;
>> > > $(newSpecial).toggle();
>> > > });
>>
>> > > i have tried putting...
>>
>> > > $("newSpecial").toggle();
>>
>> > > but nothing
>>
>> > Hi Josh,
>>
>> > Is it because you're using "div." instead of "div#"? You shouldn't
>> > even need the "div" part at all. Try this instead:
>>
>> > var newSpecial = "#" + whichID;
>>
>> > Hope that helps.
>>
>> > --Karl
>> > _________________
>> > Karl Swedbergwww.englishrules.comwww.learningjquery.com
>
>
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