Question

I am using the below code to select random answers in a form

  $('table').filter(function() { return ($(this).find('input').size() > 0); }).find('tr').each(function()
    {
        $(this).find('input').filter(function(){    return (Math.round(Math.random()) == 1);    }).each(function()
        {
            switch(this.type) {
                case 'checkbox':
                case 'radio':
                    this.checked = true;
                    this.trigger('click');
                        break;
                case 'password':
                case 'select-multiple':
                case 'select-one':
                case 'text':
                case 'textarea':
                    $(this).val('12345');
                        break;
            }
        });
    });

But it is sometimes not answering any input element in a row. Please help me on this.

Answer 1

There’s something wrong with your code. The “type” attribute on the “input” tag can’t be either “select-one”, “select-multiple” or “textarea”.

For textarea, it’s a completely different tag: <textarea>some text</textarea>

For select it’s also a different tag: <select> for single selects and <select multiple="multiple"> for multiple selects.

You didn’t specify “when” it doesn’t work, but I believe that’s the case.