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devnull69 · 02-15-2013, 07:18 AM

id means "identity". What would you think if someone told you that you share your identity with others? You'd say: "No way, my identity is unique". And the same is true also for Javascript.

Bottom line: You should not use the same id attribute value on more than one element on the same page.

Workaround: Prepend a unique String to the numeric identifier, like "article_101" and "cell_101". Then you can extract the numeric part using

Code:

var numID = Number($(this).attr('id').match(/(\d+)/)[1]);

02-15-2013, 07:18 AM	PM User \| #2
devnull69 Senior Coder Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,245 Thanks: 10 Thanked 531 Times in 525 Posts	id means "identity". What would you think if someone told you that you share your identity with others? You'd say: "No way, my identity is unique". And the same is true also for Javascript. Bottom line: You should not use the same id attribute value on more than one element on the same page. Workaround: Prepend a unique String to the numeric identifier, like "article_101" and "cell_101". Then you can extract the numeric part using Code: var numID = Number($(this).attr('id').match(/(\d+)/)[1]);