If statement with jquery

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If statement with jquery
Topic Started: Nov 21 2009, 09:24 AM (80 Views)
Inadequacy	Nov 21 2009, 09:24 AM Post #1
The Inadequacy Posts: 644 Group: Dedicated Member Member #2,773 Joined: Apr 9, 2009 Coding language JavaScript	So I am still trying to get good at JS (the sites I am using only go so far) so I am now resorting to asking questions. How would I do an if statement using jquery? would it be if $("top_info strong=="Swordslam46") { alert("Welcome back") } or would it be somethng else?
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Gorgor	Nov 21 2009, 09:36 AM Post #2
Hello Posts: 753 Group: Coding Staff Member #2,728 Joined: Apr 2, 2009 Coding language PHP	if($("top_info strong=="Swordslam46")) { alert("Welcome back") }
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Inadequacy	Nov 21 2009, 09:46 AM Post #3
The Inadequacy Posts: 644 Group: Dedicated Member Member #2,773 Joined: Apr 9, 2009 Coding language JavaScript	doesnt seem to work, I put top_info because top_info strong isnt an ID, I also put it above the board, should I put it in JS instead?
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Choco	Nov 21 2009, 11:34 AM Post #4
¡ʎɹoʇɔɐɟ ʎʇıʌɐɹƃ ɐ uı pǝddɐɹʇ ɯ,ı 'dןǝɥ Posts: 564 Group: Admins Member #3,272 Joined: Jun 30, 2009 Coding language Everything	Are you trying to check if a specific user is logged in? Then do this: Code: `if($("#top_info strong").text() == "Swordslam46") { alert("hai."); }`
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Gorgor	Nov 21 2009, 02:09 PM Post #5
Hello Posts: 753 Group: Coding Staff Member #2,728 Joined: Apr 2, 2009 Coding language PHP	Do what Choco said. All I noticed was that there wasn't a ( before the $. I didn't really look at the code
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