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JavaScript

Posted by Md.Atiquzzaman Soikat
Md.Atiquzzaman Soikat
20,416 Points

Jquery Child Selector

<ul class="main-list">
    <li>
        <a href="#">Item One <span>+</span></a>
    </li>
</ul>

this is an example list,from this list I want to get the text of a using jquery,but I do not want to get the text between the span tag,I have tried many jquery selector,but no luck so far.Can any one please help with this.

Md.Atiquzzaman Soikat
Md.Atiquzzaman Soikat
20,416 Points

http://jsfiddle.net/mkhLB/ list sample can be viewed here

1 Answer

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
7,962 Points

Some clever use of a few jQuery methods to get this text: http://jsfiddle.net/76C6w/1/

Source: http://stackoverflow.com/a/8851526