if (day = day select) in jQuery

Question

 $('<option></option>')
            .attr('label', day)
            .attr('value', day)
            if(myDate.getDate() == day)
            {
            .attr('selected','selected')    
            }
            .html(day)
            .appendTo(daySelector); 

What I want to do is run an if statement and if it is true make that day selected.

Answer 1

You can use an object to accomplish this:

$('<option />', {
    selected: myDate.getDate() === day,
    value: day,
    text: day
}).appendTo(daySelector)

Here is an example of that style: http://jsfiddle.net/9hVeq/