[jQuery] Re: getting the id of a clicked object

That doesn't work. When I do

alert(this.id)

in that function, nothing comes up. Additionally, "alert(this)" just
displays the url.

On Dec 29, 7:16 pm, Mike Alsup <mal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a bunch of anchors that look like this:
> > ############
> > < a href="" class="clicker" id="click_1">click here</a>
> > < a href="" class="clicker" id="click_2">click here</a>
> > < a href="" class="clicker" id="click_3">click here</a>
> > #############
>
> > The my jquery code looks like this:
>
> > #############
> > $("a[class=clicker]").click(function() {
> >     do_something(id);})
>
> > #############
>
> > do_something() needs the id of the button clicked. So if I clicked on
> > the second anchor, I need "click_2" to be passed to do_something().
> > How di I do this in jQuery?
>
> $("a[class=clicker]").click(function() {
>     var id = this.id;
>     do_something(id);
>
> });