jquery not setting the value of checkbox

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whether or not my variable "showforfamilymember" has a value of true or false it always the show checkbox as checked

        <label for="showforfamilymemberchk">Show This Group While Adding Family Member</label>
        <input type="checkbox" name="showforfamilymemberchk" id="showforfamilymemberchk" />

jQuery

var txtshowforfamilymember = $("#showforfamilymemberchk");
txtshowforfamilymember.attr("checked", showforfamilymember);

Daniel Rosano · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-09 12:01:40Z

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How are you setting showforfamilymember ?

If you do it like this it should work

var showforfamilymember = false;

if you have the value stored let's say in some string "myValue"

var showforfamilymember = (myValue.toLowerCase() === 'true');

Hope it works

answered Mar 9, 2015 at 12:01

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Ramanathan Muthuraman · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-09 11:57:05Z

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Try using .prop() instead of .attr()

txtshowforfamilymember.prop("checked", showforfamilymember);

answered Mar 9, 2015 at 11:57

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