Thank you Jules! I thought that *might* be the case, but seeing the
tell-tail jQuery code in the DHTML was a little confusing to me. But
yes, I think I understand it now. alt is a normal JavaScript object,
NOT jQuery. So when accessing JS objects I must always use the [0].
This also seems to apply when initializing a variable, as in
var myVariable = $(#myElement)[0];
Thanks again!
On Jul 20, 4:25 pm, Jules jwira...@gmail.com wrote:
$(#myElement) returns jQuery object and $(#myElement)[0] returns
DHTML object.
Here is a sample on how to access alt attribute
jQuery $(#myElement).attr(alt)
vs
DHTML $(#myElement)[0].alt
Both code return the same value. Correct me if i am wrong, I think
the DHTML version is faster than the jQuery one.
On Jul 21, 8:07 am, nyte999 zend...@gmail.com wrote:
Going through the tutorials on this website and others, I've found
some syntax that I don't understand and is never explained. Usually
wrapped sets look like this:
$(#myElement)
But once in a while they look like this
$(#myElement)[0]
Here are a few examples of it in use:
$(div).index($(div#myDiv)[0]);
$(#myImage)[0].alt;
I don't get it. The sample code is NEVER trying to find the first
element of an array. From my POV this format seems completely random
and unnecessary, yet the jQuery code will NOT work if the [0] is
removed. I know it's something glaringly obvious and I'll feel stupid
when I get the answer, but my god, I just can't figure out the pattern
here. Please help.
