February 27, 2013
remove array using jquery
Question by DrWooolie
I have created nestled arrays, which I then append to a div. When i click the button with id “name”, a movie with title is stored in an array $titelBetyg, which is later stored in another array $films. Whenever i create a new $titelBetyg, i want to remove the previous $films from my div, before replacing it with the new one. How do I do this?
Javascript
$(document).ready(function(){
var $films = [];
$('#name').keyup(function(){
$('#name').css('background-color', 'white');
});
$('#options').change(function(){
$('#options').css('background-color', 'white');
});
$("#button").click(function(){
var $titelBetyg = [];
var $titel = $('#name').val();
var $betyg = $('#options').val();
if($titel == ""){
$('#name').css('background-color', 'red');
alert("Fail");
}
else if($betyg == "0"){
$('#options').css('background-color', 'red');
alert("Fail");
}
else{
$titelBetyg.push($titel);
$titelBetyg.push($betyg);
$films.push($titelBetyg);
// here is where i need to remove it before appending the new one
$('#rightbar').append("<ul>");
for(i=0; i<$films.length; i++){
$('#rightbar').append("<li>" + $films[i][0] + " " + $films[i][1] + "</li>" + "<br>");
}
$('#rightbar').append("</ul>");
}
});
$('#stigande').click(function(a,b){
});
$('#fallande').click(function(){
});
});
Answer by Bergi
Use .empty() like this (and append to the <ul> instead of something else):
var $ul = $("<ul>");
for (var i=0; i<$films.length; i++) {
$ul.append("<li>" + $films[i][0] + " " + $films[i][1] + "</li><br>");
}
$('#rightbar').empty().append($ul);
Btw, it might be easier to only append the new one instead of emptying and rebuilding the whole thing:
$('#rightbar ul').append("<li>" + $titel + " " + $betyg + "</li><br>");
To remove only the list contents (and nothing else) from the #rightbar, you could use this:
var $ul = $('#rightbar ul').empty();
if (!$ul.length) // if nonexistent…
$ul = $("<ul>").appendTo('#rightbar'); // create new one
for (var i=0; i<$films.length; i++)
$ul.append("<li>" + $films[i][0] + " " + $films[i][1] + "</li>");
Answer by Starx
You only require to remove the content of the container. So, use the .empty() function
$('#rightbar').empty().append("<ul>"); //It will empty the content and then append
for(i=0; i<$films.length; i++){
$('#rightbar').append("<li>" + $films[i][0] + " " + $films[i][1] + "</li>" + "<br>");
}
$('#rightbar').append("</ul>");
