Question

i am trying to create like/dislike function like stackoverflow’s up vote and down vote function. Here is the sample code for what i have so far tried http://jsfiddle.net/Dd9Qa/3/ but i am not getting the desired result what i want is when i click like or dislike button in a particular div i should get the alert with the number in span field (further processing of increasing or decreasing of likes will be done here with ajax)

I want to get the value in span field when i click like/dislike button so that i can process it please help how can i do it..

Answer 1

You have to specify which span you want to access.

Try this: http://jsfiddle.net/Dd9Qa/9/

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('body').on('click','a',function(){
        var a = $(this).closest('div').find('.votes').data('vote');
        alert(a);
    });
});​