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JavaScript

Posted by Stu Cowley
Stu Cowley
26,287 Points

How Can I Concatenate this jQuery Code?

Hey guys,

So I'm super new to the JavaScript and jQuery world and I'm trying to concatenate the below code so I don't do the DRY principal in my code.

$('ul.nav-tabs a').click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    $(this).tab('show');
});
$('ul.nav-rounds a').click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    $(this).tab('show');
});

I have tried the following but I obviously get an error message .

$('ul.nav-tabs a').click(function(e),
$('ul.nav-rounds a').click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    $(this).tab('show');
});

Any advice on how I can correctly concatenate my code will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance

Stu : )

2 Answers

mikes02
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Points

Comma separated click functions won't work which is likely why it's throwing an error. Since both of your anchors have the same functionality, you should be able to just combine them to one click function, comma separated. Have you tried:

$('ul.nav-tabs a, ul.nav-rounds a').click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();
    $(this).tab('show');
});
Stu Cowley
Stu Cowley
26,287 Points
Stu Cowley
Stu Cowley
26,287 Points

Hey mikes02,

Thanks for that now it makes total sense!

Stu : )

mikes02
mikes02
Courses Plus Student 16,968 Points

You're welcome, glad it worked out!