avoid repeating same code for each item with jquery

Question

I have the following inline javascript, im using a jquery countdown plugin to display time remaining.

this code exists with each "Comment" on the page, hence it is repeating multiple time on the page. How can I make this external? and avoid the repetition?

im using .nt mvc razor and attaching id.

<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function () {
    var dateLeft = new Date(@(item.UnixTicks));
    $('#countdown-@(item.ID)').countdown({until: dateLeft, format:'MS', onExpiry: liftOff, onTick: watchCountdown}); 

    function liftOff() { 
        alert('We have lift off!'); 
    } 

    function watchCountdown(periods) { 
        $('#monitor-@(item.ID)').text('Just ' + periods[5] + ' minutes and ' + 
            periods[6] + ' seconds to go'); 
    }
    });
</script>

SLaks · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-13 14:22:41Z

1

You can put the UnixTicks into an attribute in the comment, give all of the comments a class="comment", and loop over them:

$('.Comment').each(function() { 
    var dateLeft = new Date(parseInt($(this).attr('data-unixticks'), 10));
    ...
});

answered Mar 13, 2011 at 14:22

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user447356 Over a year ago

And same with the item.ID attribute.. :)

user447356 Over a year ago

If the #monitor- elements are nested inside the "main" div then it would be even better to give them class e.g. monitor then simple $(this).find(".monitor") will find it. Nice!

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