Hi kcharles,
you need to concatenate the variable, n, with the rest of the selector
expression. Otherwise, it's treated as the string, "n". Try this:
$("#filterTable tbody tr td:nth-child(" + n + ")").each(function(){
Also, you probably don't need either the "tbody" or "tr" part in there
since, presumably, any td is going to be within a tr and a tbody.
--Karl
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Karl Swedberg
www.englishrules.com
www.learningjquery.com
On Sep 17, 2008, at 1:01 PM, kcharles wrote:
I switch between var n = 2; nth-child(n) and nth-child(2) and get
different behavior.
Any suggestions/work arounds?
Thanks!
Here is the code:
<html>
<head>
<title>nth child</
title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
//Add input box for each column
$(function(){
var n = 2;
// $("#filterTable tbody tr td:nth-child(2)").each(function(){
$("#filterTable tbody tr td:nth-child(n)").each(function(){
$(this).append("this row");
});
});
</
script>
</
head>
<body>
<table id="filterTable" width="580" border=1>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Number</th>
<th>Letter</th>
<th>More</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>1</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>A</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>2</td>
<td>A</td>
<td>B</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>3</td>
<td>B</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>4</td>
<td>B</td>
<td>D</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</
body>
</html>
