Oops. This sentence:

"I want to traverse the array, looking at the title attribute, and if
it is in the array $search I want the style changed. "

Should be:

"I want to traverse the list, looking at the title attribute, and if
it is in the array $search I want the style changed."

On Aug 28, 1:27 pm, tatlar <robertlnew...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i think this is a pretty simple question, but i can't seem to figure
> it out.
>
> i have a list in a div:
>
> <div id="gallery">
> <ul>
>   <li title="foo">foo</li>
>   <li title="bar">bar</li>
>   <li title="unicorn">unicorn</li>
> </ul>
> </div>
>
> I have an array with values in it:
>
> var $search = [ "foo", "bar" ] ;
>
> I want to traverse the array, looking at the title attribute, and if
> it is in the array $search I want the style changed.
> Note that #gallery has about 450 list items - the one above is
> abridged for this post.
> The array $search will at most have 5 items.
>
> So, is it faster to do a $.each() on the list items, or do a $.each()
> on the $search items. I am pretty sure it is faster to do the latter,
> but I am not sure how to get the title attribute from the list items
> for the match.
>
> Something like?
>
> $.each( $search, function(i, value) {
>     var $title_to_search = value;
>     // pseudo code.... I know this is junk
>     $gallery.find('li').attr('title',$title).css('background-
> color','red');
>
> });
>
> Can someone refine this for me? Thanks in advance.

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