Beginner question

Hi there!

I’m a beginner in JS and I have this code line:

[CODE]
var container = $(“#popup_window”);
[/CODE]

As you can see, the name of the popup window is hardcoded. How do you write that code line so that I can use a variable name instead? Something like this:

[CODE]
var variable = ‘popup_window’;
var container = $(variable);
[/CODE]

Obviously, this doesn’t work.

I need this for a small script that hides a DIV element when you click outside of it. The problem is that I have multiple DIVs and I need to make this code work with all of them. To do that, I have to replace #popup_window with a variable. Here’s the script:

[CODE]$(document).mouseup(function (e) {
var container = $(“#popup_window”);
if (!container.is(e.target) && container.has(e.target).length === 0) {
hide_popup();
}
});[/CODE]

Thank you!

Alex

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