I have made a quick Jsbin: http://jsbin.com/ujabew/edit#javascript,html,live
What i'm trying to achieve is to find out which is the largest <section> out of the 3 from the link. So what i'd like is to, after the loop runs, is to have var width set to the largest possible number that any of the widths could be.
Code in progress posted in link
Here:
var maxWidth = Math.max.apply( null, $( elems ).map( function () {
return $( this ).outerWidth( true );
}).get() );
Live demo: http://jsfiddle.net/rM4UG/
outerWidth function to remove margins from the calculation and you're golden!Fleshing out Marc B's comment, using Math.max():
$(document).ready(function(){
var maxWidth = 0;
$('.content ul li').each(function(){
var itemWidth = $(this).outerWidth(true);
maxWidth = Math.max(maxWidth, itemWidth)
});
});
I believe you want to look into the underscore library. Specifically, the max method
$(document).ready(function(){
var maxWidth = 0;
$('section').each(function(){
w = $(this).outerWidth(true);
if ( w > maxWidth)
maxWidth = w;
});
});
Change the .each() loop to this:
var thisWidth = $(this).outerWidth(true);
if (thisWidth > width) {
width = thisWidth;
}
I have just written a function regarding this. I thought it might help others. (jQuery)
$.fn.largerWidth = function () { //function(p)
// where 'p' can be clientWidth or offsetWidth
// or anything else related to width or height
var s = this,m;
for (var i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
var w = s[i].offsetWidth; // s[i][p];
(!m || w > m) ? (m = w) : null
}
return m;
}
This was my idea:
$(document).ready(function () {
var elements = $(".content ul li");
var count = elements.length - 1;
var width = [];
elements.each(function (n) {
width.push($(this).outerWidth(true));
if (count == n) {
width = Math.max.apply(Math, width);
}
});
});
I added the count of the number of elements and then runs the Math.max to get the largest number when each loop is done.
var max = 0; loop( if this.width > max then max = this.width);in bad pseudo-code.