Description:
The map( callback ) method translates a set of elements in the jQuery object into another set of values in a jQuery array which may, or may not contain elements.You could use this method to build lists of values, attributes, css values - or even perform special, custom, selector transformations.
Syntax:
Here is the simple syntax to use this method:selector.map( callback ) |
Parameters:
Here is the description of all the parameters used by this method:- callback: The function to execute on each element in the set.
Example:
Following is a simple example a simple showing the usage of this method:<html>
<head>
<title>the title</title>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="/jquery/jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
var mappedItems = $("li").map(function (index) {
var replacement = $("<li>").text($(this).text()).get(0);
if (index == 0) {
// make the first item all caps
$(replacement).text($(replacement).text().toUpperCase());
} else if (index == 1 || index == 3) {
// delete the second and fourth items
replacement = null;
} else if (index == 2) {
// make two of the third item and add some text
replacement = [replacement,$("<li>").get(0)];
$(replacement[0]).append("<b> - A</b>");
$(replacement[1]).append("Extra <b> - B</b>");
}
// replacement will be an dom element, null,
// or an array of dom elements
return replacement;
});
$("#results").append(mappedItems);
});
</script>
<style>
body { font-size:16px; }
ul { float:left; margin:0 30px; color:blue; }
#results { color:red; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<li>First</li>
<li>Second</li>
<li>Third</li>
<li>Fourth</li>
<li>Fifth</li>
</ul>
<ul id="results">
</ul>
</body>
</html>
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