I've read a billion questions like this, but never found an answer yet.
Anyway, when I type
var variableContainingID = "header";
var div = $("#"+variableContainingID);
It returns 'undefined'
But when I type
var variableContainingID = "header";
var div = $('[id^="'+variableContainingID+'"]');
It works fine. Any ideas why?
UPDATE
var json = '{"divs":['
var children = $(".parent_container > div");
var idArray = [];
var numArray = [];
for (var x=0; x<children.length; x++) {
var eleid = $(children[x]).attr("id");
idArray.push('"'+eleid+'"');
numArray.push(x+1);
}
var idString = idArray.join(",");
var numString = numArray.join(",");
json += idString;
json += '],"number":['+numString+']}';
var obj = JSON.parse(json);
for (x in obj["divs"]) {
var div = $('[id^="'+obj["divs"][x]+'"]');
}
Do you think the double quotes could be throwing it off?