No problem man. In the future feel free to bring issues like this up on the jquery-dev list - we can diagnose or fix the problem quite quickly. Thanks for spotting this!
--John On 2/16/09, ml1 <tsummer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Holy cow, before I even submitted the bug report! > > On Feb 16, 1:24 pm, John Resig <jere...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I filed a bug and fixed the issue:http://dev.jquery.com/ticket/4167 >> >> --John >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:40 AM, ml1 <tsummer...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Tragically none of those quoting variations work. (I've pretty much >> > exhausted every quote variation in my desperate search to try to >> > figure out what's going on.) >> >> > Any other ideas? Could this possibly be a jquery bug? >> >> > On Feb 16, 11:35 am, Michael Lawson <mjlaw...@us.ibm.com> wrote: >> >> I didn't notice the quotation discrepancy, good catch! Also, I know >> >> they're not required, but it's good practice IMHO. >> >> cheers >> >> >> Michael Lawson >> >> Content Tools Developer, Global Solutions, ibm.com >> >> Phone: 1-919-517-1568 Tieline: 255-1568 >> >> E-mail: mjlaw...@us.ibm.com >> >> >> 'Examine my teachings critically, as a gold assayer would test gold. If >> >> you >> >> find they make sense, conform to your experience, and don't harm >> >> yourself >> >> or others, only then should you accept them.' >> >> >> From: Karl Swedberg <k...@englishrules.com> >> >> >> To: jquery-en@googlegroups.com >> >> >> Date: 02/16/2009 11:31 AM >> >> >> Subject: [jQuery] Re: "class" weirdness in loaded XML?!? >> >> >> The string does not need to be wrapped in single quotation marks. Also, >> >> why >> >> does the selector begin with a single quotation mark and end with a >> >> double? >> >> Are these just typos in the emails? >> >> >> Try this: >> >> >> $('span[class*=mycategory]',xml).length >> >> >> Just one set of single quotation marks, and the closing mark is to the >> >> right of the closing bracket. >> >> >> --Karl >> >> >> ____________ >> >> Karl Swedbergwww.englishrules.comwww.learningjquery.com >> >> >> On Feb 16, 2009, at 11:15 AM, Michael Lawson wrote: >> >> >> You should wrap your string in ' >> >> so your code would be >> >> $('span[class*='mycategory'"],xml).length >> >> >> cheers >> >> >> Michael Lawson >> >> Content Tools Developer, Global Solutions, ibm.com >> >> Phone: 1-919-517-1568 Tieline: 255-1568 >> >> E-mail: mjlaw...@us.ibm.com >> >> >> 'Examine my teachings critically, as a gold assayer would test >> >> gold. >> >> If you find they make sense, conform to your experience, and >> >> don't >> >> harm yourself or others, only then should you accept them.' >> >> >> <graycol.gif>ml1 ---02/16/2009 11:08:46 AM---I have something >> >> very >> >> strange going on trying to create a wrapped set >> >> >> <ecblank.gif> <ecblank.gif> >> >> From: ml1 <?tsummer...@gmail.com> >> >> >> <ecblank.gif> <ecblank.gif> >> >> To: "jQuery (English)" <jquery-en@googlegroups.com> >> >> >> <ecblank.gif> <ecblank.gif> >> >> Date: 02/16/2009 11:08 AM >> >> >> <ecblank.gif> <ecblank.gif> >> >> Subject: [jQuery] "class" weirdness in loaded XML?!? >> >> >> I have something very strange going on trying to create a wrapped >> >> set >> >> of elements from an xml file loaded via jquery's xmlhttprequest. >> >> The >> >> xml has a number of entries with class attributes that have >> >> multiple >> >> values, ie <span class="mycategory mychoice" ...>...</span> >> >> >> When I use this selector: >> >> >> $('span[class*=mycategory"],xml).length >> >> >> jquery returns zero. Weirdly if I do exactly the same thing but >> >> use >> >> a >> >> different attribute name from "class" in the xml and the query, >> >> it >> >> works perfectly. >> >> >> If I use this method I get the expected result: >> >> >> $('span').attr('class') >> >> >> It returns "mycategory mychoice" >> >> >> Is there something special about the "class" attribute in xml >> >> that is >> >> causing this? >> >> >> graycol.gif >> >> < 1KViewDownload >> >> >> ecblank.gif >> >> < 1KViewDownload -- --John
