does list A have something?
by nabeezy
HTML
<input class="listA"/><br/>
<input class="listA"/><br/>
<input class="listA"/><br/>
<input class="listA"/><br/>
<input class="listA"/><br/>
<button id="buttonA">Check if listA has any values?</button><br/>
<input class="listB"/><br/>
<input class="listB"/><br/>
<input class="listB"/><br/>
<input class="listB"/><br/>
<input class="listB"/><br/>
<button id="buttonB">Check if listB has any values?</button><br/>
JavaScript
function hasSomething(list){
//list needs to be an array
for(var i = 0; i < list.length; i++){
if(list[i].value.length > 0){
return true;
}
}
};
$("#buttonA").click(function(){
alert(hasSomething($(".listA")));
});
$("#buttonB").click(function(){
alert(hasSomething($(".listB")));
});