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A function to remove a div element that contains specific text in Javascript? – Jquery

I’ve written a simple code that takes text from the input field, stores it as a string in an array and creates a div with that same text every time the "add" button is pressed.

Then there’s a "remove" button, that removes the item from array if the input matches the item in the array.

I need a function to remove the previously created div with the same text inside as the current input.

E.g. if I type "book1" press "add" – array gets ‘book1’ as a first item and a div "book1" is created, "book2", "book3" and so on. If I type ‘book2’ and press remove, it gets removed from the array and a respective div should be removed.

That last function I just can’t figure out.

let addBtn = document.getElementById("add-btn");
let removeBtn = document.getElementById("rmv-btn");
let bookArray = [];
addBtn.addEventListener("click", addBook);
removeBtn.addEventListener("click", removeBook);
let innerDiv = document.body.newDiv.innerHTML

function addBook() {
  newBook = document.getElementById("input").value;
  if (newBook != '') {
    bookArray.push(newBook);
    addElement();
    clear();
    console.log(bookArray);
  } else {
    clear();

    console.log(bookArray);
  }
}

function removeBook() {
  inputBook = document.getElementById("input").value;
  for (i = 0; i < bookArray.length; i++) {
    if (inputBook.toString() === bookArray[i].toString()) {
      bookArray.splice([i], 1);
      console.log(bookArray);
      removeElement()
      return;
    } else {
      clear();
    }
  }
  console.log(bookArray);
}

function clear() {
  document.getElementById("input").value = "";
}

function addElement() {
  let newDiv = document.createElement("div");
  newDiv.innerHTML = newBook;

  my_div = document.getElementById("mydiv");
  document.body.appendChild(newDiv, my_div);
}

function removeElement() { 
   alert("this bit needs working out");//???
}
<input type="text" id="input" />
<button id="add-btn">Add</button>
<button id="rmv-btn">Remove</button>
<div id="mydiv"></div>
</div>
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Answers


  1. 0

    A workaround to remove book by the input value by user:

    Modify the addElement function to:

    function addElement() {
  let newDiv = document.createElement("div");
  newDiv.innerHTML = newBook;
  newDiv.setAttribute('data-book-name', newBook); //new added line | setting data attribute

  my_div = document.getElementById("mydiv");
  document.body.appendChild(newDiv, my_div);
}

    removeElement will be:

    function removeElement() { 
   document.querySelector('[data-book-name="'+ newBook +'"]')?.remove();
}

    But this will remove first book in the DOM. If you want to remove all books with same name use:

    function removeElement() { 
   var books = document.querySelectorAll('[data-book-name="'+ newBook +'"]');
   if(books.length == 0) return;
   books.forEach(x => x.remove())
}
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  2. 0

    You need to change how you are adding the div because it adding it outside and not as a child of my_div

    let addBtn = document.getElementById("add-btn");
    let removeBtn = document.getElementById("rmv-btn");
    let bookArray = [];
    addBtn.addEventListener("click", addBook);
    removeBtn.addEventListener("click", removeBook);
    
    
    function addBook() {
      newBook = document.getElementById("input").value;
      if (newBook != '') {
        bookArray.push(newBook);
        addElement();
        clear();
        console.log(bookArray);
      } else {
        clear();
    
        console.log(bookArray);
      }
    }
    
    function removeBook() {
      inputBook = document.getElementById("input").value;
      for (i = 0; i < bookArray.length; i++) {
        if (inputBook.toString() === bookArray[i].toString()) {
          bookArray.splice([i], 1);
          console.log(bookArray);
          removeElement(i);
          return;
        } else {
          clear();
        }
      }
      console.log(bookArray);
    }
    
    function clear() {
      document.getElementById("input").value = "";
    }
    
    function addElement() {    
      let newDiv = document.createElement("div");
      // count number of children in mydiv
      let count = document.getElementById("mydiv").childElementCount;
    
      // add an id
    
      newDiv.id = 'mydiv-' + count;
      newDiv.innerHTML = newBook;
    
      my_div = document.getElementById("mydiv");
      my_div.appendChild(newDiv, my_div);
    }
    
    function removeElement(el) { 
       // remove html element from dom
        let my_div = document.getElementById("mydiv");
        my_div.removeChild(my_div.childNodes[el]);
    }
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