like instead of saying ".text()" say something like ".getnumber()" ??
there is no built in way method to do so...... if there was a plugin programmed to exist for that, it would be just like the line of code Leonardo provided On Dec 14, 1:03 pm, tony stamp <tonyst...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > thanks, but out of interest, how do i just get the number value? > > > > Leonardo K wrote: > > > $('#pageCount').text().replace(')','').replace('(','') > > > On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:41, tony stamp <tonyst...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > >> I have a simple span element with the id of pageCount, which has a value > >> of > >> "(5)", for example. I am attempting to get the just number value without > >> the > >> brackets, or some way of adjusting the number and leaving the brackets. > >> Any > >> pointers? > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >>http://old.nabble.com/how-to-get-value-between-brackets-in-a-string-t... > >> Sent from the jQuery General Discussion mailing list archive at > >> Nabble.com. > > -- > View this message in > context:http://old.nabble.com/how-to-get-value-between-brackets-in-a-string-t... > Sent from the jQuery General Discussion mailing list archive at Nabble.com.