$("#recent_activity tbody tr td.date:first").text();
On Feb 12, 9:13 am, Mark Steudel <msteu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a table like so:
>
> <table id="recent_activity">
> <thead>
> <tr>
> <th>t1</th>
> <th>t2</th>
> </tr>
> </thead>
> <tbody>
> <tr>
> <td>value</td>
> <td class="date">2008-09-01</td> <--- want this content
> </tr>
> <tr>
> <td>value</td>
> <td class="date">2008-09-01</td>
> </tr>
> </tbody>
> </table>
>
> And I want to try and get the first td with class date, I've tried the
> following and I get close, but I think I'm just missing something
> easy:
>
> $('#recent_activity tbody:first-child .activity_date').val(); <--
> returns undefined
>
> or
>
> $('#recent_activity tbody:first-child .activity_date').html(); <--
> returns null
>
> Thoughts? Better way?
>
> Thanks
