JavaScript JQuery String Var to show in a field - javascript

I'm working with JavaScript JQuery, and when i try to show the content of the vars in a field, it doesn't work.
There is my code:
function editEvolution(pos, nature, desc, di) {
$('#diE').val(di);
$('#natureE').val(nature);
$('#descE').val(desc);
$('#BtnAddEditEvo').attr('value', "Update");
$('#BtnAddEditEvo').attr('onclick', "doEditEvolution("+pos+")");
}
Thank's in advance for help.
the value of fields $('#diE'), $('#natureE') and $('#descE') doesn't change if the vars nature, desc, are strings but it works if it is a number

The problem is that you are mixing the worst from both the native JS, inline JS and jQuery worlds. You NEVER EVER put code inside a string, period. If you do it, you are doing it wrong.
So.. how to do it properly?
$('#BtnAddEditEvo').val('Update').on('click', function() {
doEditEvolution(pos);
});
In case you call editEvolution multiple times on the same object, add .off('click') before the .on(...) call to unbind previous handlers.

First do not use attr to set onclick...
I will explain what is wrong
$('#BtnAddEditEvo').attr('onclick', "doEditEvolution("+pos+")");
if pos="foo", it will render as
<div onclick="doEditEvolution(foo);"></div>
See the problem? It is looking for a variable foo. You would need to add quotes.
$('#BtnAddEditEvo').attr('onclick', "doEditEvolution('"+pos+"')");
^ ^
Why does a number work? Because numbers do not need quotes. It makes a valid call. It renders as:
<div onclick="doEditEvolution(3);"></div>
What you need to do is use jQuery the right way and use events.
$('#BtnAddEditEvo').on('click', function() { doEditEvolution(pos); });
and you should set value with .val()

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Copy value from one text field to another when button clicked

I am trying to get one field to copy over to another field when a div is clicked on, and the code that I have currently is not working. It's showing '0' in field1, even though field2 is set to 1 by default.
$(document).on('click', '#button', function() {
$('#textfield1').val === "document.getElementById('#textfield2').value";
Try with:
$(document).on('click', '#button', function() {
$('#textfield1').val($('#textfield2').val())
});
You're using an odd mix of JS and jQuery here.
Your main issue is that val() is a method, not a property. Therefore your code should look something like this:
$(document).on('click', '#button', function() {
$('#textfield1').val($('#textfield2').val());
});
I'd strongly suggest you familiarise yourself with the jQuery documentation, specifically val() in this case.
It's showing '0' in field1, even though field2 is set to 1 by default.
You were assigning a string to $('#textfield1').val method which is why your code was not having any effect on textfield1's value.
Make it
$(document).on('click', '#button', function() {
$('#textfield1').val( $('#textfield2').val()); //use jquery val method
}
Generally speaking, JQuery offers only functions, and not properties (as #Craicerjack stated), hence remove that === and pass the new value as an argument, as follows:
$('#textfield1').val("yourText");
Also, you're passing a CSS selector rather than just an element ID to the Document.prototype.getElementById() function. Remove that # qualifier!
Moreover, you shoudln't be using a stringified JavaScript expression as a value, otherwise you'll get that exact JS expression as the input value. Rather, don't put those quotes around the expression, so that the interpreter will be evaluating it. Below is some working code.
$('#textfield1').val(document.getElementById('textfield2').value);
However, as #Rory McCrossan pointed out, you're using an odd mix of plain DOM and JQuery, and that makes no sense. It would be more consistent to also read the value of the other text field using JQuery, as follows:
$('#textfield1').val($('#textfield2').val());
Alternatively, you may do not need JQuery and opt for the standard DOM interfaces like in the example below:
document.getElementById('textfield1').value = document.getElementById('textfield2').value;

run jQuery function by inline onClick and use function variable/reference

I am very new to this, but I wrote this and thought it would work first time, but I get an 'ReferenceError: Can't find variable: street' console error.
I get this error if I click on the 'Street' button.
It's quite basic but this is the first time I've made a function to use a var/ref from the onClick attribute.
Please see onClick markup...
Supersport
Street
Cruiser
Scooter
Motocross
Enduro
Kids
then please see my function, which gets the ref error above...
Also please note I am trying to use the onClick var/ref within my function so I can target specific elements relative to the button being clicked.
bikeFilter = function (y) {
$('.bike').fadeOut();
scrollTo(186);
$('.bike[data-group=' + y + ']').fadeIn();
bikeSliderNav();
bikeSlider();
return false;
}
Any expert advice would be really helpful.
Thanks in advance.
You'd probably wanna pass a String as input to your function and not the name of an undeclared and uninstantiated variable.
Try to use the single quotes to refer it as a String constant (you need single quotes since you are already using double quotes to tell your html tag the attribute value):
onclick="bikeFilter('scooter')"
Take a look here to see the difference in data typing in js, and here for a quick start about functions.
You should use them like :
onclick="bikeFilter('motocross')"
Don't forget to put ' around your parameters

match input elements with keyup

I am not sure what's going on here.. I am trying to just match the val on an input from a variable, and every time I try, I get an object, object.
Here is the fiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/GLnQx/1/
It's this piece of script that is screwing me up:
$("input.numberOfAccounts").keyup(function () {
$("input.pricingPerAccount").val($(newPricePerAccount));
});
newPricePerAccount will show me the correct number on alert, but when I try to put it in a val, it's no good.
What am I missing here?
$() is the jQuery selector method. newPricePerAccount is 5050, so it is trying to select a 5050 element (i.e. nothing), and it returns an object. I think you just want
.val(newPricePerAccount)
It should be
$("input.pricingPerAccount").val(newPricePerAccount);
Looking at your jsFiddle, newPricePerAccount is a JS variable, correct? In that case, you don't need the $() selector on it.
$ is only used to select DOM elements, not variables:
$('input.pricingPerAccount').val(newPricePerAccount);

Jquery Replace with return value of Javascript function

OK I am just starting out with jQuery.
I have a page with a table of date-values. Each is wrapped in a tag which I can find with
$('mytag').
<mytag>2009-10-31</mytag>
How, using Jquery, would I
take each of the source values and
pass it to a Javascript function
then replace that source value within the table with the result of the function calculation.
So <mytag>2009-10-31</mytag>would be replaced with <mytag>Very Late</mytag>
I have the Javascript function written. My question is the jQuery syntax to pass the individual value.
Firstly, you will need an element selector, e.g.
$('table')
Will select all <table> elements in your html. So,
$('mytag')
will give you your elements. You will get a jQuery object (not a DOM object) returned. See http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors
Then you want to call a function for each of your elements. For this we call the .each function, and pass the function to call for each element:
$('mytag').each(function(){
//function code goes here
});
(See http://docs.jquery.com/Utilities/jQuery.each)
The function in this case is called an Anonymous function
Then you want to reference the current object in the iteration, so we use the DOM this item and wrap it into a jquery object. To get the value, we use the .text() function (http://docs.jquery.com/Attributes/text)
$('mytag').each(function(){
$(this).text()
});
Note: if it were an input element then you would have used .val()
Passing it to a function is easy:
...
MyFunction($(this).text());
...
The text() function has an overloaded implementation which allows you to set the text if you pass a value:
$(this).text(someval);
So, we can factor this into our code
...
$(this).text(MyFunction($(this).text()));
...
Making our final code block:
$('mytag').each(function(){
$(this).text(MyFunction($(this).text()));
});
$('mytag').each(function (index,tag) {
$(tag).text( myFunc($(tag).text()) );
});
$("mytag").each(function() {
$(this).html("Very Late");
});
$('mytag').each(function() {
$(this).text(someFunction($(this).text()));
});
But, from the sound of your problem, you might be better served by the jQuery-timeago plugin. For your particular case, you'd possibly want to allow dates in the future:
jQuery.timeago.settings.allowFuture = true;
...and you'd want to create your own language override. See the language override examples. You could define several "late" and "very late" values. You can also pass a function to each one to change the value depending on how many days ago a timestamp was.

Weird Behaviour in jQuery's html method

Any good reason why $("p").html(0) makes all paragraphs empty as opposed to contain the character '0'?
Instead of assuming I found a bug in jQuery, it's probably a misunderstanding on my part.
jQuery only accepts a string as an argument for the val parameter of the html() method. If you pass a number like you are it will call the html() method override that sets the contents of the element but the value of the argument will end up being null or an empty string.
Try this:
$("p").html((0).toString())
Relevant documentation
I guess that at some point, it checks if (newContent == false), and doesn't continue with adding any content? I tried looking at the source, but got a bit lost...
I also guess that this would not be counted as a bug, since the function calls for a string, and if "0" is passed (as a string), it works as expected.
A workaround would be to do this:
var myNum = 0;
$('p').html('' + myNum);
The code performing the html call was within someone else's plugin and rather than modify it, making upgrading it tedious, I just wrote the following tiny plugin that modifies the html method to do as spoon16 recommended.
(function($) {
var oldHtml = $.fn.html;
$.fn.html = function (content) {
oldHtml.apply(this, [content.toString()]);
}
})(jQuery);
It's a little bit of a hack, but it's working for me and doesn't require me to modify the Plugin I'm using.
I just thought someone else might like to see this.
Try using text() instead html().
I geuss you missed part of how jQuery works,
$('p')
returns all paragraphs and the html( val ) function:
Set the html contents of every matched element. This property is not available on XML documents (although it will work for XHTML documents).
http://docs.jquery.com/Attributes/html#val
So if you just want to set the contents for the first p use
$("P").eq(0).html( 'something' );
or to get the html:
$("P").eq(0).html();
http://docs.jquery.com/Core/eq#position
more on jQuery selectors here:
http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors

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