Using case switch statement to link the a links?

Using case switch statement to link the a links?

Hello,

I am new to JQuery and have am uncertain how to get this functionality going. Any help would highly be appreciated, please. I have a div name "footer". Within "footer" I have 4 links:

link1, link2, link3, link4

Is there anyway to write a function which will sense which link was clicked and then alert the id of that selected link. I have written the code but am not certain why isn't it working. here is my code.

  1.     $('#footer a').bind('click', function(){
            //alert($(this).attr('id'));
            var mId = $(this).attr('id');
           
            switch(mId)
            {
                case 'update':
                alert("UPDATE");
                break;
               
                case 'print':
                alert("PRINT");
                break;
               
                case 'save':
                alert("SAVE");
                break;
               
                case 'help':
                alert("HELP");
                break;
               
                default:
                break;
            }
        });



























  4. <div id="footer" class="footer">
        <ul>
            <li id="update"><a href="#">UPDATE MY INFORMATION</a></li>
            <li id="print"><a href="#">PRINT</a></li>
            <li id="save"><a href="#">SAVE PDF</a></li>
            <li id="help"><a href="#">HELP</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>