Reputation: 169
I want to count the DIVs with specific class names and then add the number in H2 tag
Desired outcome
<h2 id="result">5 Cards found</h2>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
Upvotes: 0
Views: 72
Reputation: 15213
You can like this, using the length
.
var count_post = $(".container .post_card").length;
var count_post_no = $(".container .no_post_card").length;
$('#result').append(count_post);
$('#result2').append(count_post_no);
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="container">
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="no_post_card"></div>
<div class="no_post_card"></div>
<div class="no_post_card"></div>
</div>
<h2 id="result">Result (post_card): </h2>
<br>
<h2 id="result2">Result (no_post_card): </h2>
Upvotes: 0
Reputation: 4818
Here is your live example.
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#result').html($('.post_card').length + " Cards found");
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<h2 id="result">5 Cards found</h2>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 27041
You can do it like this:
$('#result .count').html($('.post_card').length)
I've added a span yo your html as a container for the counted value, then we don't have to include the text Cards found
in the return.
Demo
$('#result .count').html($('.post_card').length)
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<h2 id="result"><span class="count"></span> Cards found</h2>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
<div class="post_card"></div>
Upvotes: 1