$(this).attr(“id”) not working

Question

as the title says, I keep getting \"undefined\" when I try to get the id attribute of an element, basically what I want to do is replace an element with an input box when th

Answer 1

Change

var ID = $(this).attr("id");

to

var ID = $(obj).attr("id");

Also you can change it to use jQuery event handler:

$('#race').change(function() {
    var select = $(this);
    var id = select.attr('id');
    if(select.val() == 'other') {
        select.replaceWith("");
    } else {
        select.hide();
    }
});