jQuery Validate plugin: Can using the "depends" tag return an int? -

here example of rule declaration in rules object:

myfieldobj: {     maxlength: {       depends: function(element) {         if($("#intranetapplication").is(":checked") == true) {             return 32;           }         else if($("#internetapplication").is(":checked") == true) {             return 25;           }        }     } } 

basically, code setting max length of myfieldobj validated based on user choice of question. however, code not seem work. know can return boolean values using code (e.g):

myfieldobj: {     maxlength: {       depends: function(element) {         if($("#intranetapplication").is(":checked") == true) {             return true;           }         else if($("#internetapplication").is(":checked") == true) {             return false;           }        }     } } 

but work integers well?

just remove depends property , use function method's parameter...

myfieldobj: {     maxlength: function(element) {         if ($("#intranetapplication").is(":checked")) {             return 32;         }         else if ($("#internetapplication").is(":checked")) {             return 25;         }     } } 

also since .is() returns boolean, there's no need compare true.

demo: jsfiddle.net/931ach1g/