Getting Element Path for selector

Question

Running into a spot of trouble and basically trying to create a variable which can be used as a selector. eg

$(\'a\').click(function(){
   var selector = $(t         


        

Answer 1

The request is kind of silly, since there's a much better way.

Either assign a unique ID to the element to quickly reference it later, or if an ID is already assigned use it.

//
// generate a unique (enough) id for an element if necessary
//
function getUID(id) {
    if(window["uidCounter"]==null)
        window["uidCounter"]=0;
    return id||( (window["uidCounter"]++) + "_" + (new Date()).getTime() );
}
//
// use an #ID selector
//
$('a').click(function(){
   var uid = getUID( $(this).attr('id') );
   $(this).attr('id', uid);
   var selector = "#" + uid;
});