I'd math the regex "\d+$", i.e., I'd get numbers at the end of the value.
Then you could operate on the matched value. -- Jorge Godoy <jgo...@gmail.com> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 19:29, Phil <pjwhitehea...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > In jQuery how do I remove a certain part of an id... > > for example i have a div id='thisisadiv_1' > I want to remove the 'thisisadiv_' part > This is so I can add/subtract 1 to switch divs. > > Thanks in Advance. > Phil.