How do I get a value of a using jQuery?

Question

This is basic.

How do I get the value \'This is my name\' of the above span?

This is my name
         


        
      

Answer 1

VERY IMPORTANT Additional info on difference between .text() and .html():

If your selector selects more than one item, e.g you have two spans like so bar1 bar2 ,

then

$('.foo').text(); appends the two texts and give you that; whereas

$('.foo').html(); gives you only one of those.