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Asked: 2026-05-15T21:16:14+00:00

A simple task of cloning an element and autoincrement its id. can it be

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A simple task of cloning an element and autoincrement its id.

can it be done in 1 line?

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    jQuery

    var NewElement=$("#test1").clone();  // Clone the element
var IDNr=NewElement.attr("id").match(/\d+$/);  // Grab the ID number

NewElement.attr("id",NewElement.attr("id").replace(IDNr,parseInt(IDNr)+1));  // Increment the ID

    HTML

    <div id="test1">Test</div>

    Code in action.

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