I believe you are looking for the following syntax: $(selector)[ (expr ? 'next' : 'before') ]().show();
-- Brandon Aaron On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Ami <aminad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sorry about my grammar, English isn't my lang. > > I am trying to write code like that: > var expr=true,selector='div'; > $(selector) (expr ? .next() : .before() ). show(); > > But it's not JS syntax. So how can I do it? > > I know,that I can do it like that: > if (expr) $(selector)..before(),show() else > $(selector).next().show() > > > But I am trying to find a solution, that return a jQuery object. > > Thank you. > >
