How to get the text within the a tag present in javascript variable

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I want the text present in anchor tag which is present in javascript variable.

var a= <a href="javascript:downloadPopup('9374227','CASE','1004030422')">9374227</a>
i want "9374227"
How can i get it?

AmmarCSE · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-04 05:06:25Z

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Assuming a can be made as a string, use jQuery text()

var a = '<a href="javascript:downloadPopup(\'9374227\',\'CASE\',\'1004030422\')">9374227</a>';

var jQueryAnchor = $(a);//convert to jquery object
var text = jQueryAnchor.text();

console.log(text);

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

answered Aug 4, 2015 at 5:06

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Neil Villareal · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-04 05:22:44Z

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Try this out. It will give you the result as expected.

var temp = document.createElement('div');

    temp.innerHTML = '<a href="javascript:downloadPopup(\'9374227\',\'CASE\',\'1004030422\')">9374227</a>';

var number = temp.childNodes[0].innerHTML;

console.log(number);

answered Aug 4, 2015 at 5:22

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