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Ticket #5686: map_example.html
File map_example.html, 1.6 KB (added by robertsosinski, December 19, 2009 08:41PM UTC)
<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>
<head>
  <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
</head>

<body>
  <div>a</div>
  <div>b</div>
  <div>c</div>
  
  <script type="text/javascript">
    // $#each and $#map both take functions with (index, element)
    // and they both reassign "this" to the current element
    
    var selector = "div:not('_firebugConsole')";
    
    console.log("--- $#each---");
    
    $(selector).each(function(index, element) {
        console.log("letter " + element.innerHTML);
        console.log("letter " + this.innerHTML);
    });
    
    console.log("--- $#map---");
    
    $(selector).map(function(index, element) {
        console.log("letter " + this.innerHTML);
        console.log("letter " + element.innerHTML);
    });
    
    // $.each also takes a function with (index, element)
    // and reassignes "this" to the current element.
    // However $.map instead takes (element, index)
    // and "this" is not reassigned to the element
    
    var array = ["a", "b", "c"];
    
    console.log("--- $.each---");
    
    $.each(array, function(index, element) {
      console.log("letter " + element);
      console.log("letter " + this);
    });
    
    console.log("--- $.map---");
    
    $.map(array, function(index, element) {
                     // ^ ERROR: $.map takes (element, index)
      console.log("letter " + element); // < will print the index instead of the letter
      console.log("letter " + this); // < will print [object Window] instead of the letter
    });
  </script>
</body>
</html>

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