Thanks for the reply, Mike. I've tried that but I'm still thrown the error z is not defined $(function(){ z=$("#getID").text(); }); document.write(z);
On Dec 2, 2:38 pm, "Mike Alsup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Drop the 'var' keyword and you'll get a global variable. > > Mike > > On 12/2/07, Ryura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Right now I have this code: > > > $(function(){ > > var z=$("#getID").text(); > > }); > > document.write(z); > > > Obviously this does not work. But how can I make it work? In the > > situation I am in, I cannot put all the code inside the > > function...surely there must be some way. > > > Thanks :)