[jQuery] Re: More fun with decrementing on click

2009-08-03 Thread littlerobothead
Bingo. Thanks all for you straightforward answers. This had been dogging me for days. Thanks! On Aug 3, 5:12 pm, Peter Edwards wrote: > Hi Nick > > $(".number").html(count--); > > count-- decrements your count variable after it has passed its value to > the $.html() function. > use --count > >

[jQuery] Re: More fun with decrementing on click

2009-08-03 Thread Eric Garside
The problem is in how you're applying the decrement operator. If you put it at the end of the number, as in: number-- Then, the current number will be returned, THEN decremented. That's what's happening here. Simply put the operator before the number, so it is decremented THEN returned. $('.nu

[jQuery] Re: More fun with decrementing on click

2009-08-03 Thread Peter Edwards
Hi Nick $(".number").html(count--); count-- decrements your count variable after it has passed its value to the $.html() function. use --count Peter on 03/08/2009 21:15 littlerobothead said:: I have a status area in an app I'm working on. It shows the number of unread alerts. As the user c