Comparing innerHTML with jQuery

Question

I have this setup:

var htmlOne = "$('.class1').children('.username').html()";
var htmlTwo = "$('.class2').html()";
if(htmlTwo *= htmlOne)
{stuff};

It is supposed to see if the inner html of htmlTwo matches the inner html of htmlOne in some way. Is this set up right?

Just so it's said, comparing two HTML substrings for equality is a very rickety way of comparing elements. Consider something like isEqualNode. — cHao
– cHao, Commented Nov 21, 2013 at 5:32
I haven't used that before. How would it be used in this situation? — user3015600
– user3015600, Commented Nov 21, 2013 at 5:41

Mithun Satheesh · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-21 05:25:53Z

2

it should be assigned without double quotes

var htmlOne = $('.class1').children('.username').html();
var htmlTwo = $('.class2').html();

if(htmlTwo == htmlOne) {
   //stuff
};

answered Nov 21, 2013 at 5:25

Mithun Satheesh

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Krish R · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-21 05:33:54Z

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Can you try this,

var htmlOne = new String(htmlOne);
var htmlTwo = new String(htmlTwo);

if(htmlOne==htmlTwo){


}

answered Nov 21, 2013 at 5:33

Krish R

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The function within the if statement didn't do anything so I'm assuming that that doesn't work. I tried the function on its own and it does work.