Question

I have:

<a rel="9">Link 1</a>
<a rel="6">Link 2</a>
<a rel="3">Link 3</a>
<a rel="21">Link 4</a>

I want to trigger a click on the link with the highest ‘rel’ value. What is the most efficient way to write this?

Answer 1

Try this.

var max = 0, index = 0;
$('a[rel]').each(function(i){
   if(parseInt($(this).attr('rel'), 10) > max){
      max = parseInt($(this).attr('rel'), 10);
      index = i;
   }
}).eq(index).trigger('click');

Demo