Thanks - this works perfectly now:
var test = jQuery(response).find('div.error ul li').html();
Thanks agian for the help everone - much appreciated
Cheers
Andy
On Jan 11, 2:48 pm, John Arrowwood <jarro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> If the html is in a string, e.g. 's':
>
> $(s).html() would return everything inside the outer div.
>
> If it includes more than just that error, you can do something like:
>
> $(s).find('div.error').html()
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 6:42 AM, youradds <andy.ne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > Thanks for the reply. However, your code only seems to be any good
> > with the actual page content you are on, not the values of a string?
> > Remember, this data is coming through as a string (as a response from
> > a jQuery .post() function, so the returned HTML then holds errors
> > which may have occured - and I need to pick up on those :))
>
> > TIA
>
> > Andy
>
> > On Jan 9, 11:09 pm, Leonardo Balter <leonardo.bal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 2010/1/9 youradds <andy.ne...@gmail.com>
>
> > > > Hi,
>
> > > > Thanks. Ok, I have this string (for example):
>
> > > > <html>
> > > > <head></head>
> > > > <body>
>
> > > > bit of other junk here, and maybe other divs and stuff
>
> > > > <div class="error">
> > > > <ul>
> > > > <li>Gast Email der Rezension
> > > > kann nicht den Wert 'undefined'
> > > > speichern.</li>
> > > > </ul>
> > > > </div>
>
> > > > some junk here
>
> > > > </body>
> > > > </html>
>
> > > > So how exactly would I extract that from a string?
>
> > > > TIA :)
>
> > > > Andy
>
> > > > On Jan 9, 1:32 pm, Leonardo Balter <leonardo.bal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > And you can simply use .text() method. This will return you only the
> > text
> > > > > inside your selected element.
>
> > > > > Do you also need tips on getting the child elements on that div?
>
> > > > > --
> > > > > At,
> > > > > Leo Balterhttp://leobalter.net
> > > > > Blog técnico:http://blog.leobalter.net
>
> > > Based on jquery documentation:
>
> > > First, you can define your selectors, it's the easier way if you already
> > > work with CSSs:
>
> > >http://docs.jquery.com/Selectors
>
> > > You can use something like: $('.error > ul > li').text(); to match all
> > li's
> > > inside the element with class set to 'error' (the . referees a element
> > using
> > > class name right after the dot).
>
> > > You can also use $('.error ul li').text() to get "each" li descending
> > from a
> > > ul than from a element with a class named 'error'. In our .text() method
> > > this won't make much diference than using the first selector.
>
> > > Now let's try some jquery methods without complicating our basic
> > selector:
>
> > > We have the .find() and .children() methods
>
> > > From now I'm adapting the text from jquery documentation to our example:
>
> > > "In most cases two selections made with and without find() are
> > equivalent,
> > > such as $('.error').find('li') and $('.error ul li'). However, using a
> > > selector filter may lead to unexpected results:
> > > $('.error').find('li:first').length may be > 1, (whereas $('.error
> > > li:first').length will never be > 1) as there is an implicit each() done
> > > within find()."
>
> > > In other words: you can try to select the first li of all div with the
> > class
> > > attribute named 'error'.
>
> > > Now the .children(), this method will return all the immediate
> > descendants
> > > elements within the selected element.
>
> > > Example: $('.error').children('ul').children('li') this will return
> > exactly
> > > the directly children of the .error! .find() would return all
> > descendants,
> > > not only the immediate ones.
>
> > > As said in the jquery documentation, it's important to refrain here:
> > while
> > > .children() returns only the immediate descendants, .parents() will look
> > at
> > > all ancestors.
>
> > > That's all,
>
> > > Have a good day.
>
> > > --
> > > At,
> > > Leo Balterhttp://leobalter.net
> > > Blog técnico:http://blog.leobalter.net
>
> --
> John Arrowwood
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