[jQuery] Re: Selector Containing Variable

[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

You have to escape the first set of double quotes -- leave the single
quotes there.

var tabTest = "billy";
$(".orderInfo[id='" + tabTest + "'"];

On Jan 30, 7:24 am, studiobl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm having trouble with a jQuery selector that contains a variable.
> I'm trying to target an element that has a class of "orderInfo" and an
> id of "billy"
>
> So, I set a variable:
>
> var tabText = "billy";
>
> ...and it works if I use the string:
>
> $(".orderInfo[id='billy'"];
>
> ...but not the variable:
>
> $(".orderInfo[id=tabTest"];
>
> ...but of course I need it to work with a variable {insert appropriate
> emoticon here}

[jQuery] Re: Selector Containing Variable

[FrenchiINLA]

you can try $('#' + tabtext) since the id is unic you don't need the
class.

On Jan 30, 7:24 am, studiobl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm having trouble with a jQuery selector that contains a variable.
> I'm trying to target an element that has a class of "orderInfo" and an
> id of "billy"
>
> So, I set a variable:
>
> var tabText = "billy";
>
> ...and it works if I use the string:
>
> $(".orderInfo[id='billy'"];
>
> ...but not the variable:
>
> $(".orderInfo[id=tabTest"];
>
> ...but of course I need it to work with a variable {insert appropriate
> emoticon here}

[jQuery] Re: Selector Containing Variable

[Bohdan Ganicky]

Hi,

as Karl said...and you could also make things a little bit shorter by using
multiple selector:

var tabText = 'billy';
$('.orderInfo#'+tabText];

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[jQuery] Re: Selector Containing Variable

[Karl Swedberg]

On Jan 30, 2008, at 10:24 AM, studiobl wrote:



I'm having trouble with a jQuery selector that contains a variable.
I'm trying to target an element that has a class of "orderInfo" and an
id of "billy"

So, I set a variable:

var tabText = "billy";

...and it works if I use the string:

$(".orderInfo[id='billy'"];

...but not the variable:

$(".orderInfo[id=tabTest"];


...but of course I need it to work with a variable {insert appropriate
emoticon here}


Hi there,

The trick here is to concatenate the variable with the selector  
string. Something like this should work:


$(".orderInfo[id=" + tabTest + "]");


--Karl
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Karl Swedberg
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