Your inclusive use of the setInterval( ) function and Michael's suggestion with regard to this-and-that closue got me there. Great job!
On Apr 22, 5:29 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote: > Something like the below? > > (function($) { > $.fn.JSClock = function() { > setInterval(function() { > // code to get and write time here > }, 1000); > } > > })(jQuery); > > $(document).ready(function() { > $('#clock').JSClock(); > > On Apr 22, 2:13 pm, kiusau <kiu...@mac.com> wrote: > > > On Apr 22, 4:50 pm, Joseph Le Brech <jlebr...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > cant you change your anonymous function for a seperate named function > > > that takes in the html element name funcclock(elem, interval). > > > > the fn command can run it once funcclock($(this)); > > > > the function can then rerun itself with setTimeout("funcname", interval); > > > If I have understood your suggestion properly, you want me to imbed > > the html element to which the clock display is assigned inside the > > function that creates the clock. As my idea is to build a jQuery > > method that I can assign to any HTML element, your suggestion appears > > counterproductive. Or, have I misunderstood? > > > Roddy