Thank you very much. It took me another hour but I managed to debug the code and get it all working, thanks again.
On Feb 25, 7:38 pm, Stephan Veigl <stephan.ve...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > instead of doing a complicate string handling you could simply use > window.location.hash: > > $finalurl = window.location.hash; > > For debugging I would do it step by step and not all in one line: > > var el = $($finalurl+" :first"); > var src = el.attr("src"); > var src_split = src.split("."); > var new_src = src_split.join("_on."); > el.attr("src", new_src); > > This way you can use firebug to step through your code and see which > statement produces the error. > > by(e) > Stephan > > 2009/2/25 digital <michael.digital.b...@googlemail.com>: > > > > > Hi, pulling my hair out here. > > > When the page loads I'm collecting a variable from the url which > > corresponds to the class of an image. I want to then change the image > > source. I'm doing this because the page doesn't reload and the menu > > needs to respond to the content if you get my meaning. > > > $url = location.href; > > $hashtag = $url.search(/#/) > > $url2 = $url.split("#", $hashtag); > > $finalurl = $url2[1]; > > > This is the code I use to get the class name. When I try to add > > $finalurl to the attr (see below) it throws an error (undefined, > > console.log shows it is defined within the if statement). > > > $($finalurl).attr("src", $($finalurl).attr("src").split(".").join > > ("_on.")); > > > Full code: > > > $url = location.href; > > $hashtag = $url.search(/#/) > > $url2 = $url.split("#", $hashtag); > > $finalurl = $url2[1]; > > > counttemp = 0; > > > if (counttemp == 0) { > > console.log($finalurl); > > $($finalurl).attr("src", $($finalurl).attr("src").split(".").join > > ("_on.")); > > counttemp = countemp + 1; > > } > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated.