Oh, duh! Wow, I'm just forgetting all kinds of things today. Thanks for the help. I've got it solved.
On Dec 2, 3:40 pm, "Mike Alsup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's because z is not defined at that point in time. You're assigning z > in the doc-ready handler which is not invoked until the DOM is fully > loaded. But you're document.write call is executed as soon as it is > parsed. What exactly are you trying to do? > > Mike > > On Dec 2, 2007 2:56 PM, Ryura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > 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 :)