Question

I have multiple checkboxes with name=ap[] and want to use jquery to convert the checked checkbox values into comma separated values so i can then parse as a query string. How would i go about this? .serialize() makes the string over complicated

Answer 1

jQuery.fn.map itterates over a jQuery set, and returns a new array (inside a jQuery wrapper) which contains nodes equal to the return value of each itterarion. You can then get that array by calling jQuery.fn.get, then use that array for anything you want:

$(':checkbox:checked').map(function(){
  return $(this).val(); // value will be in the returned array
})
.get() // extract the new array from the jQuery object
.join(','); //do anything you want with the array

In your case this can be applied as such:

var list = $(':checkbox[name="ap[]"]:checked').map(function(){
  return $(this).val();
}).get().join(',');

alert(list);