jQuery - how can I find the element with a certain id?

Question

I have a table and each of its td has a unique id that corresponds to some time intervals (0800 til 0830... 083

Answer 1

I don't know if this solves your problem but instead of:

$("#tbIntervalos").find("td").attr("id", horaInicial);

you can just do:

$("#tbIntervalos td#" + horaInicial);

Answer 2

As all html ids are unique in a valid html document why not search for the ID directly? If you're concerned if they type in an id that isn't a table then you can inspect the tag type that way?

Just an idea!

S

Answer 3

This is one more option to find the element for above question

$("#tbIntervalos").find('td[id="'+horaInicial+'"]')

Answer 4

If you're trying to find an element by id, you don't need to search the table only - it should be unique on the page, and so you should be able to use:

var verificaHorario = $('#' + horaInicial);

If you need to search only in the table for whatever reason, you can use:

var verificaHorario = $("#tbIntervalos").find("td#" + horaInicial)

Answer 5

This

var verificaHorario = $("#tbIntervalos").find("#" + horaInicial);

will find you the td that needs to be blocked.

Actually this will also do:

var verificaHorario = $("#" + horaInicial);

Testing for the size() of the wrapped set will answer your question regarding the existence of the id.