How can I get the font size of an element as it was set by css

Question

I\'m writing a simple jQuery that to change the font size of an element by a certain percentage. The problem I\'m having is that when I get the size with jQuery\'s $(\'#el\'

Answer 1

i had this problem once. i use this function to get the int value of a css attribute, if there is one.

function PBMtoInt(str)
{ 
return parseInt(str.replace(/([^0-9\.\-])+/,"")!=""?str.replace(/([^0-9\.\-])+/,""):"0");
}