JQuery: removing char from a String / selecting

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I would like to select only one class from severals with the condition that the selected class has any div-descendant with the id "#exampleId".

I thought something like this could work, but it didn't:

$(".myClass").has(div).attr("id","#exampleId").

The second problem: I have to get rid first of the hash "#". because the String (#exampleId) has been generated dynamically... It looks something like this:

var myString = "#exampleId"

And the following approach didn't work:

myString.replace('#','');

Thanks in advance

user113716 · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-28 21:21:19Z

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You already accepted an answer, but I'll throw this one out there anyway.

If you have more than a few .myClass elements on the page, it would probably be more efficient to select the #exampleId first, then traverse up to the first .myClass using parents().

$('#exampleId').parents('.myClass:first');

Or if the ID was in a variable, do this:

var myString = "#exampleId";

$(myString).parents('.myClass:first');

These will give you the first parent of the #exampleId that has .myClass.

You could use .closest('.myClass') if you want as well.

answered Aug 28, 2010 at 21:21

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Matti Virkkunen · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-28 11:22:36Z

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You could just pass the ID in the selector for has(). No need to remove the # either.

$(".myClass").has("div#exampleId")

Or even do it in one selector:

$(".myClass:has(div#exampleId)")

answered Aug 28, 2010 at 11:22

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algro Over a year ago

Thanks, that solved it ! But just for being curious: Would the specific string-replacement work like the method asked above ?

Matti Virkkunen Over a year ago

algro: Yes, that would remove all # characters. Just remember to store the result somewhere because replace doesn't modify the string itself, it returns the modified string.

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