I want to be able to iterate through a number of ids called "#option1", "#option2" etc. The problem is its for an interactive form and I don't know how many options there will be. So I need a way to iterate through the amount in the DOM when the user clicks ("#dothis").
Then I need to get the values of the those options, put into an array called arraylist.
$("#doThis").on("click", function() {
var optionone = $("#option1").val();
var optiontwo = $("#option2").val();
var optionthree = $("#option3").val();
var optionfour = $("#option4").val();
var optionfive = $("#option5").val();
var arrayList = [optionone, optiontwo, optionthree,
optionfour, optionfive];
var decide = arrayList[Math.floor(Math.random() *
arrayList.length)];
$("#verdict").text(decide);
}); // end of dothis click event
As Andy said, give every option the same class. In my example it's "option-item".
$("#doThis").on("click", function() {
var arrayList = [];
$('.option-item').each(function(i) {
arrayList[i] = $(this).val();
});
var decide = arrayList[Math.floor(Math.random() *
arrayList.length)];
$("#verdict").text(decide);
});
Every value is now stored in the array.
see fiddle.
greetings timmi