How can I get this text with the ID?

Question

Hello I have this code in HTML :

<td id="t_startdate">2019-04-29 00:00</td>

And I would like to get 2019-04-29 00:00 using jquery I tried this :

var start = $('#t_startdate');

But when I try to show the variable start with :

alert(start);

I get undefined

Could you help me please ?

Thank you !

@U25lYWt5IEJhc3RhcmQg i guess it won't work due tu the alert gives `undefined`. Should give `[object Object]` if jQuery had found that element — messerbill, May 06 '19 at 10:17
@messerbill : I guess, that's not an actual alert message (it should've been `[object Object]`, just like you say). Probably, OP refers to `undefined` message in the console as he's assigning `start` variable. Anyways, `.text()` is what he needs. — Yevhen Horbunkov, May 06 '19 at 10:23

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 06 '19 at 10:19

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try:

var start = jQuery('#t_startdate').text();

answered May 06 '19 at 10:19

Prashant Patil

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 06 '19 at 10:29

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Use .text() method for accessing the text of the . like:

t_startdate = $('#t_startdate').text();
alert(t_startdate);

answered May 06 '19 at 10:29

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 06 '19 at 10:37

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You can get it like below:

$('#t_startdate').textContent

answered May 06 '19 at 10:37

Jeet Kumar

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered May 06 '19 at 11:14

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you have to wait because ur document is not ready! He said its undefined because its not loaded...

use:

       $(document).ready(function(){
           var start = jQuery('#t_startdate').text();
           alert(start);
       });

answered May 06 '19 at 11:14

Michi

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