What does "the element is of the emailSuffix classtype" means? I'm not aware of such a thing as a 'classtype' for text strings. What is your email suffix "class"? Classes are a CSS thing here, they don't exist in JS.
Are you using some validation plugin? On Jan 21, 4:58 am, Santo <pujari.sant...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi MorningZ > I tried the solution suggested by you, but as I > had expected it didn't work. What I want is to check if the value in > the textbox element is of the emailSuffix class type or not And NOT > the textbox itself. So, $("#element_id").hasClass(emailSuffix) will > always give me true because the element is of the emailSuffix > classtype. However, the value in the textbox which may be anything > entered by the user has to be validated for the particular class type. > Hence I needed a code similar to if($(#element_id).val.className == > emailSuffix)...... > > Please help if you can. Thanks in advance > > On Jan 15, 5:21 pm, Santo <pujari.sant...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > thanks a lot MorningZ... willcheckand get back to you... > > > On Jan 13, 9:05 pm, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Your problem isn't very clear.... but regardless, there is a > > > ".hasClass" function > > > >http://docs.jquery.com/Attributes/hasClass#class > > > > so > > > > $("#element_id").hasClass(emailSuffix) > > > > would give you true/false > > > > . > > > . > > > . > > > > On Jan 13, 4:39 am, Santo <pujari.sant...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hello All > > > > > This is what I am trying to do. I have defined an "email suffix"class > > > > for aparticulartextboxelementso that it accepts values for that > > > >particularclass. Whenever there is a differentvalueinserted, it > > > > displays a jquery error. Now, there also is an Add button which should > > > > add thevalueand display it in a widget listifit is a "valid > > > >value". > > > > > So, I need tocheckand insert anifelse block on the click event of > > > > the add button tocheckifthevalueinserted in the textbox is a > > > > valid email suffixtype. How do Icheckthat > > > > > something like > > > > if($(#element_id).val.className == emailSuffix) > > > > { > > > > ... > > > > } > > > > else > > > > { > > > > ... > > > > }