I want the console to log the text of an event.target

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I've made this function where what I want to have happen is that when the document registers a click event, I want the text of that event's html element to be logged to the console only if the text is "Reply". This is the code I've got at this point.

function clickEventText() {
        $(document).click(function (event) {
            var eventText = $(event.target).text();
            var replyText = "Reply";

            if (eventText = replyText ) {
                console.log(eventText);    
            } 

        });
    };

The problem I'm having is that regardless of the event.target's text the console logs the string "Reply" every time the document registers a click event.

Thanks @AswinRamesh. I've updated the code with the `==` but the result is that the console isn't logging anything when there's a click event. — Matthew, Jan 21 '18 at 16:14
give a `console.log(eventText)` above the if condition, and check whether you are getting the correct text — Aswin Ramesh, Jan 21 '18 at 16:17
yup, there was lots of empty whitespace in there. All good now. — Matthew, Jan 21 '18 at 16:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 21 '18 at 16:01

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you condition is missing == signs

try

function clickEventText() {
    $(document).click(function (event) {
        var eventText = $(event.target).text();
        var replyText = "Reply";

        if (eventText == replyText ) {
            console.log(eventText);    
        } 

    });
};

answered Jan 21 '18 at 16:01

Aswin Ramesh

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Obvious duplicates need comments and close-votes, not answers. – T.J. Crowder Jan 21 '18 at 16:02

I want the console to log the text of an event.target

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