[jQuery] Need help using #id

[Donovan Walker]

i have some code that looks like

 $("#myID").fadeIn("slow");

and it works fine, I have some other code that looks like

function fadeOut(inID, speed) {
  var theID = "#" + inID;
  $(theID).fadeOut(speed);
}

And it does NOTHING.

The fadeOut function I wrote because I need to be able to dynamically
assign which objects get faded out.  I have NO idea what the objects
will be named.

Why doesn't creating the string 'theID' and using that as the address
work?  How do I make it, or something like it work?

PUH LEASE help

TIA.