jQuery hide/show div using variables

Question

I am a nOOb to jQuery. I want to use variables in jQuery to hide/show divs. what I have so far is: ``` $(document).ready(function(){ $('#listMenu a').click(function () { var getPage = $(this).attr("id"); var getName = $(this).attr("name"); //console.log(getPage); //console.log(getName); $("#" & getName ).show(); }); }); ``` firebug console shows that I have the vars correctly, but I get this error next: this[H].style is undefined [Break on this error] (function(){var R=/((?:((?:([^()]+)...typeof K==="string"?K:K+"px")}})})(); any help is appreciated. sjs

Accepted Answer

i think you wanted to write

```
$("#" + getName ).show();
```

& is not an operator in javascript, but + is.

jQuery hide/show div using variables

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