Question

I want to create a set of elements out from an array of ids so that it can be used as a jquery receiver. For example, if I have ids: id1, id2, id3, how can I turn this into a jquery selector so that the corresponding elements appear in this order? Supposing what I want is theJquerySelector, I then would like to apply a jquery operation like this:

theJquerySelector.appendTo($(...))

where $(...) is another jquery selector irrelevant to the question.

Answer 1

You could use Arrays join() method as such;

$('#' + yourArrayOfIds.join(', #')).appendTo($(/* */));

A more jQuery-esque way would be to either write a utility function to do this for you on the jQuery object (and then call it a “plugin”), or to add classes to the relevant elements and select via that.