Sorry I should have written $('a').attr('onclick',onclick);
(setting the attribute value not the inner text!) On Sep 15, 9:09 am, sirrocco <xavier...@gmail.com> wrote: > Let's say you have a : > > <a href="#" onclick='DoSomething(this);'>asd</a> > > I want to get the onclick text in a variable - something like > > var onclick = $('a').attr('onclick'); > > The problem is that the onclick variable now is a function and if I > try to execute , this wil be the document instead of the link . > > How can I get only the text, so I can later reattach it to the link ?