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I have this html to let people select how how many color div wants to have from 1-3 <div class="color-side-a"> <p class="sideABCD-header">Side A</p> <div class="dimension-width"> <p class="dimension-WHC">Colors</p> <select name="number-of-colors" class="number-of-colors"> <option value="" group="1">Select A Number</option> <option value="1" group="1">1</option> <option value="2" group="1">2</option> <option value="3" group="1">3</option> </select> <div class="number-of-color-field"> <div name="color1" class="sideA color1"></div> <div name="color2" class="sideA color2"></div> <div name="color3" class="sideA color3"></div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end side A --> <div class="color-side-b"> <p class="sideABCD-header">Side B</p> <div class="dimension-width"> <p class="dimension-WHC">Colors</p> <select name="number-of-colors" class="number-of-colors"> <option value="" group="colors">Select A Number</option> <option value="1" group="colors">1</option> <option value="2" group="colors">2</option> <option value="3" group="colors">3</option> </select> <div class="number-of-color-field"> <div name="color1" class="sideB color1"></div> <div name="color2" class="sideB color2"></div> <div name="color3" class="sideB color3"></div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end side B --> I have this jquery to show /hide depend on the value chosen which is really just depend on value then show() /hide() the other divs which I didn't show since it's just simple something like value == 1, color1.show() color2.hide() and so on I have this function which then lets people pick the color they wanted in the selectColorBox div I know this code is duplicating but I tried a few ways and not sure how I can combine them in order to reuse most of the codes and if I have side C D E F G I wouldn't need to just copy and paste my codes var colorHolder = null; //used to store the location where color is picked <div class="color-side-a"> <p class="sideABCD-header">Side A</p> <div class="dimension-width"> <p class="dimension-WHC">Colors</p> <select name="number-of-colors" class="number-of-colors"> <option value="" group="1">Select A Number</option> <option value="1" group="1">1</option> <option value="2" group="1">2</option> <option value="3" group="1">3</option> </select> <div class="number-of-color-field"> <div name="color1" class="sideA color1"></div> <div name="color2" class="sideA color2"></div> <div name="color3" class="sideA color3"></div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end side A --> <div class="color-side-b"> <p class="sideABCD-header">Side B</p> <div class="dimension-width"> <p class="dimension-WHC">Colors</p> <select name="number-of-colors" class="number-of-colors"> <option value="" group="colors">Select A Number</option> <option value="1" group="colors">1</option> <option value="2" group="colors">2</option> <option value="3" group="colors">3</option> </select> <div class="number-of-color-field"> <div name="color1" class="sideB color1"></div> <div name="color2" class="sideB color2"></div> <div name="color3" class="sideB color3"></div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end side B --> this is my simple div box for user to pick colors <div class="colorSelectBox"> <div>Special</div> <div> <div class="pink" value="pink"></div> <div class="black" value="black"></div> <div class="yellow" value="yellow"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div>Original</div> <div> <div class="red"></div> <div class="blue"></div> <div class="grey"></div> <div class="green"></div> <div class="white"></div> </div> </div> how can I combine those two duplicated jquery into one function that I can further use more later if needed?