Question

Ok guys here’s my dilemma, I just need some basic help… soo

if I have a set of variable say…

$h1 = ""
$h2 = ""
$h3 = ""
$h4 = ""

and i’m using a data attribute on the element, how can I use the number I pull to put into a string that acts as the variable name. so in the function below, you click a class item, it get’s the value from the data attribute then I need to populate the #work_hold div with the corresponding variable. If I do what I have below, the $tme acts as a string and doesnt work. any ideas?

$(".box").click(function(){
var atr = $(this).attr("data-bsel"); 
$tme = '$h'+atr;
$('#work_hold').html($tme);
  });

Answer 1

You want an array:

var h = [];
h[0] = ...;
h[1] = ...;
h[2] = ...;
...

$tme = h[atr];

You do NOT want to build variables dynamically. That just leads to utterly icomprehensible and impossible to debug code.