I am replacing a span inside a table > td with option box. I want to assign some unique id with dynamic value while creating the option box. How to achieve this?

Unique id is already generated , I want to set this unique id in Html while creation.

<td id="tdTest">
    <span id="spanId" class="connectedSlot" style="color:rgb(27,99,173)">Enabled</span>
</td>

$("#"+spanId).replaceWith(function () {
        return "<select class='form-control' id=<<DYNAMIC ID>> style='width:200px;'><option value='0'>Enabled</option><option value='1'>Disabled</option></select>";
});

For example , I will get some value from and assign to a variable and later assign this variable to id.

var myId = "OptionId"+test;

select class='form-control' id=myId style='width:200px;'>

Thanks

I am replacing a span inside a table > td with option box. I want to assign some unique id with dynamic value while creating the option box. How to achieve this?

Unique id is already generated , I want to set this unique id in Html while creation.

<td id="tdTest">
    <span id="spanId" class="connectedSlot" style="color:rgb(27,99,173)">Enabled</span>
</td>

$("#"+spanId).replaceWith(function () {
        return "<select class='form-control' id=<<DYNAMIC ID>> style='width:200px;'><option value='0'>Enabled</option><option value='1'>Disabled</option></select>";
});

For example , I will get some value from and assign to a variable and later assign this variable to id.

var myId = "OptionId"+test;

select class='form-control' id=myId style='width:200px;'>

Thanks

• javascript
• jquery
• html

• try Math.random(); jQuery function – jonju Commented Aug 4, 2016 at 8:24
• 1 Like this "<select class='form-control' id='" + unqiueID +"' style='width:200px;'>... – Cobote Commented Aug 4, 2016 at 8:58
• @Cobote , thanks a lot . It worked!!! – JavaUser Commented Aug 4, 2016 at 9:06

4 Answers 4

Use a variable within a string like this:

var unqiueID = "myID123", ret = "";
ret = "<select class='form-control' id='" + unqiueID +"' style='width:200px;'>";

One possible way to ensure that a unique value is assigned is to keep track of all the available id's and assign an id which isn't there in our list.

getUniqueId() is a function that will always return a unique id.

function getUniqueId() {

    //get all the ids in this document
    var ids = new Array();
    $('[id]').each(function() { //Get elements that have an id=
      ids.push($(this).attr("id")); //add id to array
    });


    //give some random value to uniqueId
    //if this value is in ids array, then assign a different id and recheck the condition
    var uniqueId;
    while(true) {
        uniqueId = 'some-prefix-' + Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000);
        if($.inArray(uniqueId , ids) == -1) {
            break;
        }
    }
    return uniqueId;
}

Possible Solution:

function randomString(length) {
    return Math.round((Math.pow(36, length + 1) - Math.random() * Math.pow(36, length))).toString(36).slice(1);
}

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It's been several years since this was posted, and the accepted solution didn't work for me. Here is the syntax that did:

[id]="unqiueID"