then what about
var myVar = $(this).attr('name').substr(4);
myVar = myVar.replace(/\][(.*?)]/gi, '');
myVar = myVar.substr(1, myVar.lentgh);
or why not:
aData = myVar.split('[');
and then cutting the last string?
Faifas
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 17:50, Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Somewhat closer.
> var myVar = $(this).attr('name').substr(4); removes data leaving me with
> ['User']['username']
>
> ['username'] will change from form to form so the replace username will not
> work because i will maually have to tell it what to strip out for each form
> field.
>
> Image a form that has something like this
> ['User']['username']
> ['User']['email']
> ['Post']['title']
> ['Post']['description']
> ['Comment']['comment']
>
> All i need is User or Post or Comment as a variable.
>
> Thanks for your help so far guys.
>
> Dave
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Aivaras [mailto:[email protected]]
> *Sent:* September-14-09 11:54 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: Help with variable
>
> var myVar = $(this).attr('name').substr(4);
> myVar = myVar.replace(/\][username]/gi, '');
> myVar = myVar.substr(1, myVar.lentgh);
>
> Faifas
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 15:57, Dave Maharaj :: WidePixels.com <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I know its more of a jQuery question...i asked on the jQuery group but
>> no luck and its Cake related so I will try here.
>>
>>
>> All the forms have this structure name="data[Model][field]"
>>
>> How can I get User as a variable from name="data[User][username]"
>>
>> var myVar = $(this).attr('name').substr(4);
>> alert(myVar);
>>
>> gets me [User][username] but how can i strip out the rest of the text so i
>> end up with just User
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
> >
>
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