#field is:
<span id="field">$ 25.00</span>
On Feb 19, 5:04 pm, "Richard D. Worth" <rdwo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is #field a text input? Perhaps you want .val() instead of .text() ?
>
> - Richard
>
> On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 8:56 AM, major <mei...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > assume the following code:
> > --------------------------------------
> > price = $("#field").text();
> > --------------------------------------
> > This code cause the following error in IE: "object doesn't support
> > this property or method".
> > $("#field").text(); returns a string, like: "$21.3". (the data is
> > price).
> > I guess the $ character (of "$21.3") make JQuery confused as it thinks
> > this is a function.
> > BUT, when I write something like this:
> > var htmlOut = '<span>' + $("#field").text(); + '</span>'
> > No error occurs!
> > What may cause this bug in IE to happen?
> > Thanks,Major
