Question

I am trying to fix someone else’s code and I have lines like this throughout my javascript –

var dataDiv = document.getElementById("ctl00_cpMain_tcMainTabs_tResBDetails_tcDetailTabs_tBDetail_bmrDetailDataDiv")

What is the preferred syntax?

FYI, this is a jQuery enabled web application.

Answer 1

A trick we used to use but became redundant when we moved to MVC was something like this, easier when you use jquery as well

var datadiv = '#<%= bmrDetailDataDiv.ClientID %>'

Then you can call it using jquery as

$(datadiv)

or simplified if you don’t need to use it anywhere else on the page is

$('#<%= bmrDetailDataDiv.ClientID %>')

you could use a match identifier but personally I don’t think it is as elegant

$("div[id$='_bmrDetailDataDiv']");