jQuery .each() index?

Question

I am using

$('#list option').each(function(){ //do stuff }); 

to loop over the options in a list. I am wondering how I could get the index of the current loop?

as I dont want to have to have var i = 0; and inside the loop have i++;

Answer 1

$('#list option').each(function(index){   //do stuff   console.log(index); }); 

logs the index :)

a more detailed example is below.

function run_each() {      var $results = $(".results");      $results.empty();      $results.append("==================== START 1st each ====================");    console.log("==================== START 1st each ====================");      $('#my_select option').each(function(index, value) {      $results.append("<br>");      // log the index      $results.append("index: " + index);      $results.append("<br>");      console.log("index: " + index);      // logs the element      // $results.append(value);  this would actually remove the element      $results.append("<br>");      console.log(value);      // logs element property      $results.append(value.innerHTML);      $results.append("<br>");      console.log(value.innerHTML);      // logs element property      $results.append(this.text);      $results.append("<br>");      console.log(this.text);      // jquery      $results.append($(this).text());      $results.append("<br>");      console.log($(this).text());        // BEGIN just to see what would happen if nesting an .each within an .each      $('p').each(function(index) {        $results.append("==================== nested each");        $results.append("<br>");        $results.append("nested each index: " + index);        $results.append("<br>");        console.log(index);      });      // END just to see what would happen if nesting an .each within an .each      });      $results.append("<br>");    $results.append("==================== START 2nd each ====================");    console.log("");    console.log("==================== START 2nd each ====================");        $('ul li').each(function(index, value) {      $results.append("<br>");      // log the index      $results.append("index: " + index);      $results.append("<br>");      console.log(index);      // logs the element      // $results.append(value); this would actually remove the element      $results.append("<br>");      console.log(value);      // logs element property      $results.append(value.innerHTML);      $results.append("<br>");      console.log(value.innerHTML);      // logs element property      $results.append(this.innerHTML);      $results.append("<br>");      console.log(this.innerHTML);      // jquery      $results.append($(this).text());      $results.append("<br>");      console.log($(this).text());    });    }        $(document).on("click", ".clicker", function() {      run_each();    });

.results {    background: #000;    height: 150px;    overflow: auto;    color: lime;    font-family: arial;    padding: 20px;  }    .container {    display: flex;  }    .one,  .two,  .three {    width: 33.3%;  }    .one {    background: yellow;    text-align: center;  }    .two {    background: pink;  }    .three {    background: darkgray;  }

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>    <div class="container">      <div class="one">      <select id="my_select">        <option>apple</option>        <option>orange</option>        <option>pear</option>      </select>    </div>      <div class="two">      <ul id="my_list">        <li>canada</li>        <li>america</li>        <li>france</li>      </ul>    </div>      <div class="three">      <p>do</p>      <p>re</p>      <p>me</p>    </div>    </div>    <button class="clicker">run_each()</button>      <div class="results">      </div>

Answer 2

jQuery takes care of this for you. The first argument to your .each() callback function is the index of the current iteration of the loop. The second being the current matched DOM element So:

$('#list option').each(function(index, element){   alert("Iteration: " + index) });