Getting a piece of an element name

[rculver]

I have element names that start with OpenClose such as OpenClose1, OpenClose2, OpenClose3, etc. I want to get the number after OpenClose and use it. How do I do it?

[AdamBrill]

Lets say that element is the reference to the element. Then you would go like this:

num = element.name.substring(9,element.name.length);

Then num has whatever is after the OpenClose... :)

[Sergey Smirnov]

Adding parseInt function will be a good idea. Otherwise, 'num' is still a string, not a number.

I.e.
num = parseInt(element.name.substring(9));

[rculver]

Thanks for your help.