Jquery -Combining string & Variable

Question

I am new to jQuery and I cant seem to get the following code working..

for ( var i = 0; i < 2; i++ ) {
 $status[i] = $('select[name="status'+ i +'"] option:selected').val();
 $odd_a[i] = $("input:text[name='odd_a"+ 1 +"']").val();
 $odd_b[i] = $("input:text[name='odd_b"+ 1 +"']").val();
 $term[i] = $("select[name='term"+ 1 +"'] option:selected").val();
 $dh_place[i] = $("input:text[name='dh_place"+ 1 +"']").val();
 $dh_total[i] = $("input:text[name='dh_total"+ 1 +"']").val(); 
} 

I have several text boxes "status1, status2, status3 etc. I need to call their name by the for loop. If I replace the "i" with the "1" it works. I cant seem to call the variable "i" at that position.

• gdoron: Check the quotes signs.
• Rory McCrossan: Is there a specific reason you need to do this manually? $('form').serialize() would seem an easier alternative.
• Bram Vanroy: If i < 2, how can you possibly get any other value than 0 or 1?

Answer 1

Try with

 $status[i] = $('select[name="status'+ i +'"]').val();

and You need to start i value from 1 like

for ( var i = 1; i < 2; i++ ) {

Answer 2

One problem I can see is the i starts with 0 where as your input starts with 1, so the first loop will not return any elements.

for (var i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
 $status[i] = $('select[name="status' + (i + 1) + '"]').val();
 $odd_a[i] = $("input:text[name='odd_a" + (i + 1) + "']").val();
 $odd_b[i] = $("input:text[name='odd_b" + (i + 1) + "']").val();
 $term[i] = $("select[name='term" + (i + 1) + "']").val();
 $dh_place[i] = $("input:text[name='dh_place" + (i + 1) + "']").val();
 $dh_total[i] = $("input:text[name='dh_total" + (i + 1) + "']").val();
}