Try alert( typeof(link_path) ) and you'll see it's a function. Try
link_path.toString() and then split it.
On Apr 9, 2:54 pm, Nic Hubbard <nnhubb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am getting the attribute of an image on a page. It is the onclick
> attribute, but I need some text from the onclick function. (Sounds
> strange, but I do). Using the following works totally fine:
>
> var link_path = $(html).find("img[alt='Show in Asset Map']").attr
> ('onclick');
> alert(link_path);
>
> From that, I can gather the onclick attribute. But, I would like to
> use .split() to section it up, but I keep getting a warning ($
> (html).find("img[alt='Show in Asset Map']").attr("onclick").split is
> not a function) when I try to use split with this. Even Breaking it
> down and trying link_path.split('a'); does not work and gives the
> error.
>
> Why would this be?
