On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Andy <adharb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is there a way to grab the text from inside a alt tag? I have a site > that will have tons of span tags and I need to go through all of them > searching for the alt="" attribute then grab it. > > > I'm using some non-jQuery javascript, so I'm sure there is an easier > way to format this than what I currently have. Any thoughts on this > would be great. > > > ----- html example: > > <span>text here</span> > <span alt="Joe">text here</span> > <span alt="Jim">text here</span> > <span>text here</span>
<script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $('span').each(function() { if ($(this).attr('alt') == "undefined") $(this).attr('alt', ''); }); }); </script> -- I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my wife. And I wish you my kind of success.