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Child element is not getting selected in jquery

I have a gridview that is being rendered as follows
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4" rules="cols" id="ContentPlaceHolder1_ucstockcount1_GridView1" style="color:Black;background-color:White;border-color:#DEDFDE;border-width:1px;border-style:None;width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;">
<tr style="color:White;background-color:#6B696B;font-weight:bold;">
<th scope="col">Sr.no</th><th scope="col">Style</th><th scope="col">Stk Last Mon</th><th scope="col">Stk Received</th><th scope="col">Stk This Mon</th><th scope="col">Change</th><th scope="col">Price</th><th scope="col">Value</th>
</tr><tr style="background-color:#F7F7DE;">
<td>1</td><td>T1-34H</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>
<input name="ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$ucstockcount1$GridView1$ctl02$TextBox2" type="text" id="ContentPlaceHolder1_ucstockcount1_GridView1_TextBox2_0" onblur="updatevals("ContentPlaceHolder1_ucstockcount1_GridView1_TextBox2_0",0,0,5.00,"ContentPlaceHolder1_ucstockcount1_GridView1_Label1_0","ContentPlaceHolder1_ucstockcount1_GridView1_Label2_0")" />
</td><td>
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_ucstockcount1_GridView1_Label1_0">0</span>
</td><td>5.00</td><td>
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_ucstockcount1_GridView1_Label2_0">0</span>
</td>
</tr><tr style="background-color:White;">
<td>2</td><td>T1-43B</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>
<input name="ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$ucstockcount1$GridView1$ctl03$TextBox2" type="text" id="ContentPlaceHolder1_ucstockcount1_GridView1_TextBox2_1" onblur="updatevals("ContentPlaceHolder1_ucstockcount1_GridView1_TextBox2_1",0,0,5.00,"ContentPlaceHolder1_ucstockcount1_GridView1_Label1_1","ContentPlaceHolder1_ucstockcount1_GridView1_Label2_1")" />
</td><td>
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_ucstockcount1_GridView1_Label1_1">0</span>
</td><td>5.00</td><td>
<span id="ContentPlaceHolder1_ucstockcount1_GridView1_Label2_1">0</span>
</td>
</tr>
I use the following code to extract values at client side.
function updatea(grid) {
$('#' + grid + ' tr').each(function (i) {
var style = "";
var lastmon = 0;
var received = 0;
var thismon = 0;
var change = 0;
var price = 0;
var value = 0;
$(this).children('td').each(function (j) {
if (j == 2) {
style = $(this).html();
} else if (j == 3) {
lastmon = $(this).html();
} else if (j == 4) {
received = $(this).html();
} else if (j == 5) {
thismon = $(this).children('input').val().trim();
alert(thismon);
}
// else if (j == 6) {
// change = $(this).children('span').val().trim();
// alert(change);
// }
// alert($(this).html());
});
});
}
Till 4th column I am able to get values as required but when i need to extract the value of a textbox that is inside the 5th column I get error TypeError: $(...).children(...).val(...) is undefined
I have taken the code from Traverse html table using jQuery
please help. Thankx

Two problems, the index starts from 0 so column with index 4 has input element, second the first row does not have input element
function updatea(grid) {
//start processing from row 1
$('#' + grid + ' tr').slice(1).each(function (i) {
var style = "";
var lastmon = 0;
var received = 0;
var thismon = 0;
var change = 0;
var price = 0;
var value = 0;
$(this).children('td').each(function (j) {
if (j == 1) {
style = $(this).html();
} else if (j == 2) {
lastmon = $(this).html();
} else if (j == 3) {
received = $(this).html();
//column 5 has index 4
} else if (j == 4) {
thismon = $(this).children('input').val().trim();
alert(thismon);
}
});
});
}
Demo: Fiddle

The index in each() is zero based, and the fifth TD doesn't have an input, the fourth has:
} else if (j == 4) {
thismon = $(this).children('input').val().trim();
alert(thismon);
}

You can make selections easier this way
$('#' + grid + ' tr').slice(1).each(function (i) {
var style = $('td:eq(1)', this).html();
var lastmon = $('td:eq(2)', this).html();
var received = $('td:eq(3)', this).html();
var thismon = $('td:eq(4) input', this).val();
}
+1 to #arun-p-johny for .slice(1)

Sometimes val() function didn't work for me in some conditions. You may test attr('value') instead of val() or you can change children() to $($(this).find('input')).val().trim() or $(this+'input').val().trim() or $(this).children().val().trim()
So I don't really remember right now but sometimes the returning object is not DOM Object.
Finally you can test $($(this).children('input')).val().trim().
As you can see there are too much moves to find anything. I just focused the main problem, so you need to test these and if any of them don't work, just tell me.
But I think the main problem is returning value is not DOM object. So it tries to reach non object and it gives error.

change numbers from dynamic elements

I have this code that sends the values a user have typed in... the information and numbers are sent as an array and pushed into another array, I then display the text in a dynamically created list element and number in a span element...
var button = $('#add');
button.click(function()
{
var filmnamn = $('#name');
var filmnamnet = filmnamn.val();
var betyg = $('#star');
var betyget = betyg.val();
betyget = Number(betyget);
if(filmnamnet == 0)
{
$('#name').css('background-color', 'red');
}
if(betyget == 0)
{
$('#star').css('background-color', 'red');
}
if(betyget == 0 || filmnamnet == 0)
{
alert("Vänligen fyll i fälten korrekt");
}
else
{
var array = new Array();
array.unshift(betyget);
array.unshift(filmnamnet);
film_array.unshift(array);
betyg_array.unshift(array);
updateFilmList();
}
});
var film_list = $("#filmlista");
var film_array = new Array();
function updateFilmList()
{
document.getElementById("name").value = '';
document.getElementById("star").value = 0;
var filmen = film_array[0][0];
var grade = film_array[0][1];
var element = '<li class="lista">' + filmen + '<span class="betyg">'+ grade +'</span></li>';
film_list.append(element);
changeNumber();
}
And at last I have the function that i want to change the number in the span element to the amount of stars that the number shows... this works fine but only for the first created list and span element, when I try to add more listelements the number wont show up as stars, can someone tell me why this happens and point me in the direction to fix the problem?
function changeNumber(){
var elements= document.getElementsByClassName("betyg");
for (var i=0; i<elements.length; i++) {
var element = elements[i];
var length = parseInt(element.innerHTML);
var x=Array(length+1).join("*");
element.innerHTML=x;
}
}

two delimiters output formatting javascript

I thought this would be easier, but running into a weird issue.
I want to split the following:
theList = 'firstword:subwordone;subwordtwo;subwordthree;secondword:subwordone;thirdword:subwordone;subwordtwo;';
and have the output be
firstword
subwordone
subwordtwo
subwordthree
secondword
subwordone
thirdword
subwordone
subwordtwo
The caveat is sometimes the list can be
theList = 'subwordone;subwordtwo;subwordthree;subwordfour;'
ie no ':' substrings to print out, and that would look like just
subwordone
subwordtwo
subwordthree
subwordfour
I have tried variations of the following base function, trying recursion, but either get into infinite loops, or undefined output.
function getUl(theList, splitOn){
var r = '<ul>';
var items = theList.split(splitOn);
for(var li in items){
r += ('<li>'+items[li]+'</li>');
}
r += '</ul>';
return r;
}
The above function is just my starting point and obviously doesnt work, just wanted to show what path I am going down, and to be shown the correct path, if this is totally off base.

It seems you need two cases, and the difference between the two is whether there is a : in your string.
if(theList.indexOf(':') == -1){
//Handle the no sublist case
} else {
//Handle the sublist case
}
Starting with the no sublist case, we develop the simple pattern:
var elements = theList.split(';');
for(var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++){
var element = elements[i];
//Add your element to your list
}
Finally, we apply that same pattern to come up with the implementation for the sublist case:
var elements = theList.split(';');
for(var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++){
var element = elements[i];
if(element.indexOf(':') == -1){
//Add your simple element to your list
} else {
var innerElements = element.split(':');
//Add innerElements[0] as your parent element
//Add innerElements[1] as your child element
//Increment i until you hit another element with ':', adding the single elements each increment as child elements.
//Decrement i so it considers the element with the ':' as a parent element.
}
}

Keep track of the current list to add items to, and create a new list when you find a colon in an item:
var baseParent = $('ul'), parent = baseParent;
$.each(theList.split(';'), function(i, e) {
if (e.length) {
var p = e.split(':');
if (p.length > 1) {
baseParent.append($('<li>').append($('<span>').text(p[0])).append(parent = $('<ul>')));
}
parent.append($('<li>').text(p[p.length - 1]));
}
});
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/Guffa/eWQpR/
Demo for "1;2;3;4;": http://jsfiddle.net/Guffa/eWQpR/2/

There's probably a more elegant solution but this does the trick. (See edit below)
function showLists(text) {
// Build the lists
var lists = {'': []};
for(var i = 0, listKey = ''; i < text.length; i += 2) {
if(text[i + 1] == ':') {
listKey = text[i];
lists[listKey] = [];
} else {
lists[listKey].push(text[i]);
}
}
// Show the lists
for(var listName in lists) {
if(listName) console.log(listName);
for(var j in lists[listName]) {
console.log((listName ? ' ' : '') + lists[listName][j]);
}
}
}
EDIT
Another interesting approach you could take would be to start by breaking it up into sections (assuming text equals one of the examples you gave):
var lists = text.match(/([\w]:)?([\w];)+/g);
Then you have broken down the problem into simpler segments
for(var i = 0; i < lists.length; i++) {
var listParts = lists[i].split(':');
if(listParts.length == 1) {
console.log(listParts[0].split(';').join("\n"));
} else {
console.log(listParts[0]);
console.log(' ' + listParts[1].split(';').join("\n "));
}
}

The following snippet displays the list depending on your requirements
var str = 'subwordone;subwordtwo;subwordthree;';
var a = []; var arr = [];
a = str;
var final = [];
function split_string(a){
var no_colon = true;
for(var i = 0; i < a.length; i++){
if(a[i] == ':'){
no_colon = false;
var temp;
var index = a[i-1];
var rest = a.substring(i+1);
final[index] = split_string(rest);
return a.substring(0, i-2);
}
}
if(no_colon) return a;
}
function display_list(element, index, array) {
$('#results ul').append('<li>'+element+'</li>');
}
var no_colon_string = split_string(a).split(';');
if(no_colon_string){
$('#results').append('<ul><ul>');
}
no_colon_string.forEach(display_list);
console.log(final);
working fiddle here

Comparing two variables sting array to see if any value matches - javascript jquery

Hi I am trying to compare two arrays to each other and then hide a list element if any of the values match.
One array is tags that are attached to a list item and the other is user input.
I am having trouble as I seem to be able to cross reference one user input work and can't get multiple words against multiple tags.
The amount of user input words might change and the amount of tags might change. I have tried inArray but have had no luck. Any help would be much appreciated. See code below:
function query_searchvar() {
var searchquery=document.navsform.query.value.toLowerCase();
if (searchquery == '') {
alert("No Text Entered");
}
var snospace = searchquery.replace(/\s+/g, ',');
event.preventDefault();
var snospacearray = snospace.split(',');
$('li').each(function() {
var searchtags = $(this).attr('data-searchtags');
//alert(searchtags);
var searcharray = searchtags.split(',');
//alert(searcharray);
var searchtrue=-1;
for(var i = 0, len = searcharray.length; i < len; i++){
if(searcharray[i] == searchquery){
searchtrue = 0;
break;
}
}
if (searchtrue == 0) {
$(this).show("normal");
}
else {
$(this).hide("normal");
}
});
}
Okay so I've tried to implement the code below but have had no luck. It doesn't seem to check through both arrays.
function query_searchvar()
{
var searchquery=document.navsform.query.value.toLowerCase();
if(searchquery == '')
{alert("No Text Entered");
}
var snospace = searchquery.replace(/\s+/g, ' ');
event.preventDefault();
var snospacearray = snospace.split(' ');
alert(snospacearray[1]);
$('li').each(function() {
var searchtags = $(this).attr('data-searchtags');
alert(searchtags);
var searcharray = searchtags.split(' ');
alert(searcharray[0]);
jQuery.each(snospacearray, function(key1,val1){
jQuery.each(searcharray,function(key2,val2){
if(val1 !== val2) {$(this).hide('slow');}
});
});
});
}
Working code:
function query_searchvar()
{
var searchquery=document.navsform.query.value.toLowerCase();
if(searchquery == '')
{alert("No Text Entered");
}
var queryarray = searchquery.split(/,|\s+/);
event.preventDefault();
$('li').each(function() {
var searchtags = $(this).attr('data-searchtags');
//alert(searchtags);
var searcharray = searchtags.split(',');
//alert(searcharray);
var found = false;
for (var i=0; i<searcharray.length; i++)
if ($.inArray(searcharray[i], queryarray)>-1) {
found = true;
break;
}
if (found == true )
{
$(this).show("normal");
}
else {
$(this).hide("normal");
}
});
}

var snospace = searchquery.replace(/\s+/g, ',');
var snospacearray = snospace.split(',');
Note that you can split on regular expressions, so to the above would equal:
var queryarray = searchquery.split(/,|\s+/);
To find whether there is an item contained in both arrays, use the following code:
var found = searcharray.some(function(tag) {
return queryarray.indexOf(tag) > -1;
});
Although this will only work for ES5-compliant browsers :-) To support the others, use
var found = false;
for (var i=0; i<searcharray.length; i++)
if ($.inArray(searcharray[i], queryarray)>-1) {
found = true;
break;
}
In plain js, without jQuery.inArray:
var found = false;
outerloop: for (var i=0; i<searcharray.length; i++)
for (var j=0; j<queryarray.length; j++)
if (searcharray[i] == queryarray[j]) {
found = true;
break outerloop;
}
A little faster algorithm (only needed for really large arrays) would be to sort both arrays before running through them linear.

Here's psuedo code that should solve your problem.
get both arrays
for each item in array 1
for each element in array 2
check if its equal to current element in array 1
if its equal to then hide what you want
An example of this coude wise would be
jQuery.each(array1, function(key1,val1){
jQuery.each(array2,function(key2,val2){
if(val1 == val2) {$(your element to hide).hide();}
});
});
If there's anything you don't understand please ask :)

Checkboxes in Javascript

Here's the deal. The task is to write a function which should be able determine the number of checkboxes checked for each question and prompt a user if more than 3 answers were selected.
I have a total of 8 questions and each question has 4 to 8 answers, in the checkbox format.
This is what I came up with:
function countChecks(){
var m = 0;
var n = 0;
chk = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID");
for(var i=0; i<myitems.length i=""></myitems.length>
var value = myItems[i];
for(n = 0; n < value.length; n++) {
if(value[n].checked) {
m++;
}
}
return m;
}
the above function works fine for one question and returns 'm' to the main function, which handles it this way:
var check = countchecks();
if (check > 3)
alert ("more than 3 checkboxes were selected");
else {
//do the thing
}
to traverse all the 8 questions this is what I came up with:
function countChecks(){
var m = 0;
var n = 0;
//this captures id's for the right questions
chk = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID");
chk2 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID2");
chk3 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID3");
chk4 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID4");
chk5 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID5");
chk6 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID6");
chk8 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID8");
chk9 = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID9");
var myItems = new Array();
myItems[0]= chk;
myItems[1]= chk2;
myItems[2]= chk3;
myItems[3]= chk4;
myItems[4]= chk5;
myItems[5]= chk6;
myItems[6]= chk8;
myItems[7]= chk9;
//loops through all the questions
for(var i=0; i
var value = myItems[i];
//loops through the checkboxes for each question
for(n = 0; n < value.length; n++)
{
if( value[n].checked)
{
m++;
if (m > 3) {
return false;
}
}
}
}
}
and the main body handles it like this:
var check = countChecks()
if (check == false)
alert ("more than 3 checkboxes were selected");
else {
//do the thing
}
It is something very simple I'm missing in the countChecks() function
Any ideas?

Using jquery would make this pretty trivial
if ($('#yourform input[type=checkbox]:checked').length() > 3) {
alert('More than 3 checked');
}

chk = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID"); does not grab the ID, it grabs a reference to the element in the DOM.
To get the ID you need to use:
chk = document.getElementsByName("DSelectionID").getAttribute("id")