Perfect! 5 stars - Dave
On Jan 2, 8:15 pm, MorningZ <morni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> var hit = $("#myid").find("a").attr("href").match(/^.+\((\d+)\)$/);
> if (hit && hit.length == 2) {
> // hit[1] = "1234" in the example you provided}
>
> else {
> // didn't find the value
>
> }
>
> On Jan 2, 9:13 pm, "laredotorn...@zipmail.com"
>
> <laredotorn...@zipmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I am using JQuery 1.3. I have this basic structure in my HTML ...
>
> > <li id="myid">
> > ...
> > <a class="edit" href="javascript:edit(1234)"> ... </a>
> > ...
> > </li>
>
> > How do I extract the "1234" from HTML assuming I know the id of the
> > <li> element?
>
> > Thanks, - Dave
>
> > ps - I know its bad practice to have the javascript function in there,
> > but sadly this is code I inherited and I can't change the href at this
> > point.
