How to get value of text after image tag in jquery

Question

Here the html code

<span class="setcategory2">
   <img src="/images/dotes/travel.png">
TRAVEL
</span>

How can i get value of TRAVEL which is after img tag

if you have that mark up using `.text()` will get the text check https://jsfiddle.net/guradio/40zds36n/ — guradio, Mar 08 '16 at 12:23
Possible duplicate of [get text in div](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12706330/get-text-in-div) — Norlihazmey Ghazali, Mar 08 '16 at 12:25

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '16 at 12:49

$(function() {
  var imgText = $('span.setcategory2').text(); //to get the text after img

  $('div').text("The image text is: "+ imgText);
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<span class="setcategory2">
   <img src="/images/dotes/travel.png">
TRAVEL
</span>

<div>
 
</div>

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 08 '16 at 12:29

0

You can assign it to a variable like this...

var name = $('span').text();

Or if it was a specific span with an ID then...

var name = $("#idofspan").text();

answered Mar 08 '16 at 12:29

Rob

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How to get value of text after image tag in jquery

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