Getting value from table cell in JavaScript…not jQuery

Question

I can\'t believe how long this has taken me but I can\'t seem to figure out how to extract a cell value from an HTML table as I iterate through the table with JavaScript. I

Answer 1

Try this out: alert(col.firstChild.data)

Check this out for the difference between nodeValue and data: When working with text nodes should I use the "data", "nodeValue", "textContent" or "wholeText" field?