Try:
$(".targetMe", $(testHTML)).html();
or:
$(testHTML).find('.targetMe').html();
You might get into trouble with that and the html and body tags, not
sure. In that case you had to create your own document fragment...
--Klaus
On 21 Apr., 03:28, default_user <ayapej...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to get jquery to parse some text in a variable as HTML, has
> anyone tried this before and got it to work? Can this even be done,
> or do I have to parse as text?
>
> <CODE>
>
> testHTML = "<html><head></head><body><ul><li class='targetMe'>TESTING</
> li></ul></body></html>";
>
> testGetHTML = $(".targetMe", testHTML).html();
>
> alert( testGetHTML );
>
> </CODE>
