Question

I have a loop that is creating a drop down of 31 days. days 1-9 need a zero prepended onto them such as 01-09 to make sure sql server does not throw an error. I rather do this in the jquery then later on.

for (i = 1; i < 32; i++)
{
    if (i > 9)
    {
        $('#daypicker').append($('<option />').val(i).html(i));
    } else {
        $('#daypicker').append($('<option />').val(i).html(i));
    }
}

so I need 01-31, not 1-31.

Answer 1

Simplest answer – inside the loop:

var str = (i >= 10) ? i : '0' + i;

then use str instead of i in the .val() and .html() calls, having removed the if / else clause.