Extract part of HTML document in jQuery

Question

I want to make an AJAX call to an HTML-returning page, extract part of the HTML (using jQuery selectors), and then use that part in my jQuery-based JavaScript.

The A

Answer 1

You can use load on a new element, and pass that to a function:

function handle(element){
  $(element).appendTo('body');
}

$(function(){
  var div = $('
');
  div.load('/help a', function(){handle(div);});
});

Example: http://jsbin.com/ubeyu/2