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thanks leakim, it works but one quick question, how do I get the prev() in this list, I tried the following but not working.<br />
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alert(&quot;check li variable value: &quot;&nbsp;+ $(&quot;#set li&quot;).prev().html());
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$(&quot;&lt;ul id='set'&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot; + variable + &quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&quot;);<br />
there's only one li<br />
so there's no li before
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Thanks for letting me know this but I have the ul list in an each loop. Is this syntax correct, <br />
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alert(&quot;check li variable value: &quot;&nbsp;+ $(&quot;#set li&quot;).val());
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no, that's why I replace your previous code with html()<br />
val() is for value
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This is not working.<br />
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alert(&quot;check li variable value: &quot;&nbsp;+ $(&quot;#set li&quot;).prev().html());<br />
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But each time through the each loop, this value increments..<br />
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alert(&quot;check the total loop count of set list: &quot;&nbsp;+ $(&quot;#set li&quot;).length);<br />
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This means to me #set list contains values.<br />
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Each time through the each loop, the html() says null,<br />
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alert(&quot;check li variable value: &quot;&nbsp;+ $(&quot;#set li&quot;).prev().html());
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Of course that makes sense, thanks leakim...
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its working, thanks for really understanding this issue...
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how to create a ul and li and then test the variable? Not working...<br />
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var variable = 0;<br />
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$(&quot;&lt;ul id='set'&gt;&lt;li&gt; + variable + &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&quot;);<br />
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alert(&quot;check li variable value: &quot;&nbsp;+ $(&quot;#set li&quot;).val()); or alert(&quot;check li variable value: &quot;&nbsp;+ $(&quot;#set li&quot;).text());<br />
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Not working, returning undefined when using val()<br />
and empty when using .text()
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how to create a ul and li and then test the variable? Not working...

var variable = 0;

$("<ul id='set'><li> + variable + </li></ul>");

alert("check li variable value: " + $("#set li").val()); or alert("check li variable value: " + $("#set li").text());

Not working, returning undefined when using val()
and empty when using .text()

how to create a ul and li and then test the variable?

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