Question

This code produces a mess… What am I doing wrong?

 cell=$("<td>");
        if(normal.exam_type=="Exam_Boolean")
        {
            var input=cell.append("<input>").last();

            input.attr("type","hidden");
            input.attr("name","exam.exam_Normal['" +normal_id_unique + "'].boolean_v");
            input.attr("value",normal.normal_boolean);               

Answer 1

I’d do it this way:

var cell = $("<td></td>");
if(normal.exam_type=="Exam_Boolean")
{
    $("<input />").attr("type", "hidden")
          .attr("name", "exam.exam_Normal['" +normal_id_unique + "'].boolean_v")
          .attr("value", normal.normal_boolean)
          .appendTo(cell);
);

[newlines before dots are just for readability.]

You might also need to put the cell in the document somewhere before appending stuff. I’m not sure