jQuery Change Value based on Value

Question

Can you change the value of an input field based on the original value?

<input type="checkbox" value="fooBar1" class="checkbox" />
<input type="checkbox" value="fooBar2" class="checkbox" />

Was trying something like this ...

if ($('.checkbox').val() == 'fooBar1') {
   $(this).val('1');
}

Tim Withers · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-04 04:14:29Z

3

This will do it:

$(".checkbox[value=fooBar1]").val(1);

answered Nov 4, 2012 at 4:14

Tim Withers

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Thanks! Worked like a charm, forgot you could use the value attribute as the selector.

user1560022 · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-04 04:18:39Z

1

if ($("input.checkbox").attr("value") == "fooBar1") {
   $(this).attr("value","NEW VALUE");
}

answered Nov 4, 2012 at 4:18

user1560022

This worked for me, but trying to do this same thing to more than one element ... like so, jsfiddle.net/8g9vP/5

I stripped down some stuff to make it simpler, idk what exactly you wanted to do but here's what i got: jsfiddle.net/8g9vP/7