get values from table as key value pairs with jquery
- by liz
I have a table:
<table class="datatable" id="hosprates">
<caption> hospitalization rates test</caption> <thead>
<tr>
<th scope="col">Funding Source</th> <th scope="col">Alameda County</th> <th scope="col">California</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Medi-Cal</th>
<td>34.3</td>
<td>32.3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Private</th>
<td>32.2</td>
<td>34.2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Other</th>
<td>22.7</td>
<td>21.7</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
i want to retrieve column 1 and column 2 values per row as pairs that end up looking like this [funding,number],[funding,number]
i did this so far, but when i alert it, it only shows [object, object]...
var myfunding = $('#hosprates tbody tr').each(function(){
var funding = new Object();
funding.name = $('#hosprates tbody tr td:nth-child(1)').map(function() {
return $(this).text().match(/\S+/)[0];
}).get();
funding.value= $('#hosprates tbody tr td:nth-child(2)').map(function() {
return $(this).text().match(/\S+/)[0];
}).get();
});
alert (myfunding);
