Question

Lets say I have this assignment :

$("myObj").val('1')

now lets say I want to add to 1 the existsing value , so :

$("myObj").val($("myObj").val()+'1') 

p.s. , I dont want any outside variable to remember the value

Is there any way to get the object being acquired ? something like :

Answer 1

As with most jQuery functions, val takes a callback that is more suited for your use case here:

$("myObj").val(function(i, val) {
    console.log(this); //the current dom element that's value is being set
    return val+'1';
});