Javascript, Jquery - break if statement

Question

I have this part of code:

if(mess <= 0 || mess < -width) {
img_container.find('ul').animate({'margin-left' : mess + 'px' }, 1000);
}

I need this to stop working when mess is lesser the -width. How can I do this?

What do you mean stop working? You do not want it to go into the if? Or do you want the animation to stop at some point? — epascarello
– epascarello, Commented Oct 16, 2012 at 13:31
@epascarello That is the intention. mess is always 0 or less, and when mess reach value which is lesser then width function needs to stop working. — Sasha
– Sasha, Commented Oct 16, 2012 at 13:34

Riz · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-16 13:38:51Z

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See if you are getting width as string, if yes, use JS parseInt function.

If you are looking to stop animation syntax, see on http://api.jquery.com/stop/

It could be img_container.find('ul').stop();

This could help:

if(mess < (-1 * width)){
   img_container.find('ul').stop();
}

answered Oct 16, 2012 at 13:30

Riz

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Um, how is that any different to -width?

@raina77ow width is a number - width of all children elements.

epascarello · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-16 13:32:23Z

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You do not want it to do into the if the mess is less than the width?

You want to use AND instead of OR

if(mess <= 0 && mess > -width) {

answered Oct 16, 2012 at 13:32

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Niet the Dark Absol · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-16 13:33:03Z

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You want the condition to fail if mess is less than -width, which means you only want it to succeed if mess >= -width.

Since it's a required condition just like mess <= 0, you need && instead of ||.

answered Oct 16, 2012 at 13:33

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