It sounds as if this might be a good candidate for my Calculation plug-in:
http://www.pengoworks.com/workshop/jquery/calculation.plugin.htm
$("tr").each(function (){
var sum = $("span.length", this).sum();
var person = $("td.person").text();
alert(person + " = " + sum);
});
-Dan
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
>Behalf Of pedalpete
>Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 10:13 PM
>To: jQuery (English)
>Subject: [jQuery] Re: sum of table rows
>
>
>I'm not sure if I am getting closer on this or further away.
>
>I have a table that looks like this
>[code]
><table>
> <tr id=newPerson>
> <td class="person">first person</td>
> <td class="date"><div class="input"><span class="length>8</
>span></div></td>
> <td class="date"><div class="input"><span class="length>8</
>span></div></td>
> <td class="date"><div class="input"><span class="length>8</
>span></div></td>
> </tr>
> <tr id=newPerson>
> <td class="person">second person</td>
> <td class="date"><div class="input"><span class="length>8</
>span></div></td>
> <td class="date"><div class="input"><span class="length>8</
>span></div></td>
> <td class="date"><div class="input"><span class="length>8</
>span></div></td>
> </tr>
> <tr id=newPerson>
> <td class="person">third person</td>
> <td class="date"><div class="input"><span class="length>8</
>span></div></td>
> <td class="date"><div class="input"><span class="length>8</
>span></div></td>
> <td class="date"><div class="input"><span class="length>8</
>span></div></td>
> </tr>
></table>
>[/code]
>
>and i am trying to get the sum of the content of the .length values
>for each person seperately.
>
>I have now got this, but I don't seem to be getting anywhere, now I'm
>not even able to get the values.
>Am I not going about getting the lengths properly?
>
>[code]
>var start = 0;
> var totalLength = parseInt(start);
> ("#newPerson").click(function(event){
> var $newPerson = $("#newPerson").children( function(){
> var len = $newPerson.each(".shift").id;
> alert(len);
> });
> });
>[/code]
>
>
