Get value from a tag in jQuery

Question

<a href="?at=privat" at="privat" class="Privat">Privat</a>

I need a Jquery to get the privat from above link. here i Tried .

$(".Privat").click(function(e) {
    e.preventDefault();


     alert($(this).val());
});

but it didn't returns any value? how can i get the value?

Answer 1

The <a> tag creates an anchor, which doesn't have a value (generally only tags that create inputs do). If you want the value of one of its attributes, then you can use the .attr() function.

For example:

alert($(this).attr('at')); // alerts "privat"

If you want the value of its text (the content between the <a> and </a> tags), you can use the .text() function:

alert($(this).text()); // alerts "Privat"

If your HTML was a bit different, and your <a> tag contained other HTML, rather than just text, like this:

<a href="?at=privat" at="privat" class="Privat"><span>Privat</span></a>

Then you could use the .html() function to do that (it would return <span>Privat</span>). The .text() would still just return "Privat" even though it's wrapped in a span.

Answer 2

to get the value of an attribute use the appropriate function :

$(this).attr('at');

Answer 3

Try this :

   alert($(this).attr('at'));

Answer 4

The .val() method is primarily used to get the values of form elements such as input, select and textarea. Try this for getting the link text:

alert($(this).text());

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