[jQuery] Re: Increment Value. What am I doing wrong?

[shapper]

You mean the following:

        $index = $('#Index');
        parseInt($index.val())--;

This still gives me the same error.

Could someone, please, tell me how to do this?

Thanks,
Miguel

On Feb 11, 6:38 am, Ralph Whitbeck <ralph.whitb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Karl is right, you need to convert it from a string first.
>
> shapper wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > I have an input on my page as follows:
>
> >   <input id="Index" name="Index" type="hidden" value="0" />
>
> > I am trying to increase and decrease the value of the input as
> > follows:
>
> >         $index = $('#Index');
> >         $index.val()--;
>
> > I always get an error:
> > invalid assignment left-hand side
>
> > What am I doing wrong?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Miguel