[Javascript] Dollar function for name=

[Terry Riegel]

On Jun 7, 2010, at 8:23 PM, Philip Thompson <philthathril at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> On Jun 7, 2010, at 12:32 AM, Paul Novitski wrote:
>
>> At 6/6/2010 09:46 PM, Philip Thompson wrote:
>>> $$('input[name=pizza]').some(function (el) {
>>>   if (el.get('value') == 'sausage') {
>>>       el.set('checked', true);
>>>       return true;
>>>   }
>>>   return false;
>>> });
>>
>>
>> Since a radio button group can have only one option checked, we'd  
>> want to clear the 'checked' attribute for every non-sausage field:
>>
>>       if (el.get('value') == 'sausage')
>>       {
>>               el.set('checked', true);
>>               return true;
>>       }
>>       else
>>       {
>>               el.set('checked', false);
>>               return false;
>>       }
>>
>> or, more concisely although perhaps not as readably:
>>
>>       var bState = (el.get('value') == 'sausage');
>>       el.set('checked', bState);
>>       return bState;
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Paul
>
> There shouldn't be a need to uncheck the other (potentially-)  
> selected radio buttons. Selecting one will, by default, unselect the  
> others with the same name just as if you had clicked on one.
>
> ~Philip

Unless your a belt and suspenders type of person.