Replace with regular expression

[Adamhumbug]

Hi All,

I have a number of buttons that when clicked, add their id to a hidden input with a comma.

I would like the ability to click another button and remove its id from this input.

I have the following that works well

function removeTaggedPeople(){
		var e = event.target
		var tagButton = $(e);
		$(e).attr('onclick','tagInArticle()')
		var taggedPerson = $(e).data('id')

		var orig = $('#peopleLinkedToArticle').val()
		var t = new RegExp(taggedPerson, 'g')
		var newval = orig.replace(t,'')
		$('#peopleLinkedToArticle').val(newval)
		$(e).remove()
	}

The issue is that if i have the id "1" and the id "11" in the input and i click the button with id "1" it will remove every instance of the number 1 in the string.  I would like it to only remove "1"

Im not sure if you need a little more to go on here but thats my predicament.

Thanks in advance

[NotSunfighter]

Off the top of my head and not testing the idea; I would just add a comma to the 'var taggedPerson'.

[Adamhumbug]

6 minutes ago, NotSunfighter said:

Off the top of my head and not testing the idea; I would just add a comma to the 'var taggedPerson'.

That works sometimes, if it looking to remove 1, it will also remove one of the 1's from 11,

[Barand]

Find a better way to store the ids than a comma-separated list.

 

[maxxd]

If you're doing it all in JavaScript, store the values as an array then stringify the array when the form is submitted (assuming you're doing a full page refresh on submit; if you're using AJAX just send the array).