How do I get the string of an element, not including the string's sibling element?

Question

So I have this:

<span class="a"> String <span class="b">Herp</span> </span>

and I need to define span.a's string as a variable without getting span.b's string like:

var a = $(".a").text();

How should I do it?

Check this answer. This is what you want: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/298750/how-do-i-select-text-nodes-with-jquery#answer-298758 — Chandu, Jun 18 '12 at 22:21

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 18 '12 at 22:19

4

var a = $(".a")[0].firstChild.nodeValue;

answered Jun 18 '12 at 22:19

yankee

Roko C. Buljan · Answer 2 · 2012-06-18T22:46:54.913

0

var txt1 = $(".a").contents().filter(function() {
  return this.nodeType == 3;
}).text();

or like:

var txt1 = $('.a')[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;

edited Jun 18 '12 at 22:46

answered Jun 18 '12 at 22:41

Roko C. Buljan

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