Question

So here is my problem.. the inputs appear in the same order as the span tag. I.e. :input[0] will match span[0]. However, I am not sure how my script will be able to see what the array number of the object is. Any suggestions? Note, var al is not an integer.

<script>
$('#submit').click(function(){
    $(":input").each(function() {
        if($(this).val() === "")
            var al = $(this).eq();

            $('span:eq('+al+')').fadeIn();
        });
});
</script>

Answer 1

The callback provided to each will get the index of the currently processed element passed:

<script>
    $('#submit').click(function(){
        $(":input").each(function(al) {
            if($(this).val() === "")

                $('span:eq('+al+')').fadeIn();
            });
    });
</script>