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Divern
Divern

Reputation: 363

How do you create an array with jQuery from an input's value?

I am able to create an array using the following code below. The issue with this is that, what if an individual enters 50 tacos. I am afraid the browser will go through an entire list looking for the rel attribute. 

<ul id="taco">
   <li rel="19">other html goes here</li>
   <li rel="50">other html goes here</li>
   <li rel="1535">other html goes here</li>
   <li rel="875">other html goes here</li>
</ul>

$("#taco li").each(function() {
   $tacoOrder.push($(this).attr('rel'));
});

So, I was thinking of putting the taco order values in an input box. For example my code looks like this. 

<input value="19, 50, 1535, 875">

I want to take the value from this input and create an array. Is this even possible, or is it better to do an each function?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 36

Answers (1)

slon
slon

Reputation: 1030

This can be one solution:

var liObj  = $("#taco li");
//Convert the list to an Array
var arr = jQuery.makeArray(liObj);

Upvotes: 1

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