[jQuery] Re: getting the id of a clicked object

[Mike Alsup]

> I have a bunch of anchors that look like this:
> ############
> < a href="" class="clicker" id="click_1">click here</a>
> < a href="" class="clicker" id="click_2">click here</a>
> < a href="" class="clicker" id="click_3">click here</a>
> #############
>
> The my jquery code looks like this:
>
> #############
> $("a[class=clicker]").click(function() {
>     do_something(id);})
>
> #############
>
> do_something() needs the id of the button clicked. So if I clicked on
> the second anchor, I need "click_2" to be passed to do_something().
> How di I do this in jQuery?


$("a[class=clicker]").click(function() {
    var id = this.id;
    do_something(id);
});