Question

Newbie question. Given the following html.

<div id="mycontainer1" class="container">
<input type="text" class="name"/>
<input type="text" class="age"/>
</div>

<div id="mycontainer2" class="container">
<input type="text" class="name"/>
<input type="text" class="age"/>
</div>

I’m trying to create a function where I can pass an element id and an array that contains the classes of the input values I want to get.

So for example,

var inputClasses = ['name','age'];

getInputValue('.container', inputClasses);


     function getInputValue(elem, arr) {    
            $(elem).each(function() {
                // need a way to map items in array to variables

                // but how do I do this dynamically?
                var nameValue = $(this).find('.name').val();
                var ageValue = $(this).find('.age').val();

            });

Answer 1

Try:

var inputClasses = ['name','age'];

console.log(getInputValues('#mycontainer1', inputClasses));

function getInputValues(elem, arr) {
  return $(elem).find("." + arr.join(",.")).map(function(val) {
    return $(this).val();
  }).get();
}