Hi, thanks for the reply. I love learning new things but this is kind of complicated... I wrote this from what i looked up:
var theid=new RegExp('\d+$'); var isthere = theid.exec("ww_1"); console.log(isthere); But all i get is null, any help? thanks again, Phil On Aug 31, 12:06 am, Jorge Godoy <jgo...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd math the regex "\d+$", 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.