Jquery: Get value from dynamic attribute

Question

I’m adding a total amount value to a DIV through a jQuery Ajax call everytime I add a new item to a shopping cart. I need this value to be a part of a difference calculation (payment-totalAmount), but I’m having troubles getting the totalAmount value.

I set the total amount in the function called SetTotalAmount and then I try to get the value from the DIV tag in the submitPayment actionevent:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){

    $("#submitPayment").click(function(){
        var paymentAmount = $("#paymentAmount").val();
        var totalAmount = $("#totalTillAmount").val();
        var difference = (paymentAmount-totalAmount);

        $("#paymentTillAmount").html("betalt: "+paymentAmount);
        //$("#totalTillAmount").html("total: "+totalAmount);

        $("#difference").html("Tilbage: "+difference);

        $("#paymentInfo").show('slow');

    });

});


function SetTotalAmount()
{
    $.post("Controller/TillController.php?action=3", 
            function(data)
            {
                $("#totalAmount").html(data);
                $("#totalTillAmount").html(data);
            }
    );
}
</script>

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2009-11-11 10:10:17Z

1

You may need to parse strings before performing calculations:

var paymentAmount = parseFloat($("#paymentAmount").text());
var totalAmount = parseFloat($("#totalTillAmount").text());

Also as #totalTillAmount is a div you may need to use the text function instead of val (which is used for input elements) to read it's contents.

edited Nov 11, 2009 at 10:10

answered Nov 11, 2009 at 10:04

Darin Dimitrov

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