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Ishan Jain
Ishan Jain

Reputation: 8161

Why If- else condition not working properly

My if function always return false when variable have space using 

' '

My string is - 

var Report = "Tab";
$(Report).text($(Report).text() + '  X');

if ($(Report).text() == "Tab  X") {

}
else{

}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 145

Answers (3)

Dziad Borowy
Dziad Borowy

Reputation: 12579

your effectively doing something like this: $('Tab') which is not the correct jQuery.

try something like this for starters:

var Report = $("#tab");         // cache element with id="tab"
Report.text(Report.text() + '  X');

if (Report.text() === "Tab  X") {

}
else{

}

Upvotes: 1

Filippo oretti
Filippo oretti

Reputation: 49817

this is not correct, cause you have no $('tab') elements i assume :

var Report = "Tab";
 $(Report)

your are creating an object from a string !?

also you are comparing htmlspecialchars with nothing so it always will be false your condition.

i suggest this:

var Report = "Tab";
Report.text(Report.text()+" X");

if (Report.text() == "Tab  X") {

}
else{

}

Upvotes: 0

meze
meze

Reputation: 15087

  is a HTML entity and you set it with text() which replaces & with &. Your element ends up with Tab  X, not with spaces

Upvotes: 1

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