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How to assign HTML text to a JavaScript variable?

Is it possible to assign HTML text within an element to a JavaScript variable? After much Googling, I note that you can assign HTML elements to a variable, but I want the actual text itself.
Details about my goal:
I am currently working on a CRUD application, and with the click of a delete button, a modal will display and ask the user for confirmation before deleting the record. Once the button has been clicked, I want to retrieve HTML text within a specific element used for AJAX call data. However, what I have tried so far is not being logged to the console; even when I change the global variable to var deleteLocationID = "test"; I doubt the modal displaying will affect the click function?
The code:
var deleteLocationID;
$("#deleteLocationBtn").click(function () {
deleteLocationID = $(document).find(".locationID").val();
console.log(deleteLocationID);
});
What I have tried so far:
Changing "deleteLocationID = $(document).find(".locationID").val();" to the following variations:
deleteLocationID = $(document).find(".locationID").html();
deleteLocationID = $(".locationID").val() / deleteLocationID = $(".locationID").html();
deleteLocationID = document.getElementsByClassName("locationID").value;
Any help would be much appreciated.

Use the text() method from JQuery, with this you can get the text inside of your element.
Use this way, it may help you:
deleteLocationID = $(document).find(".locationID").text()
Here is example of getting text from class element:
$('.locationID').text()
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="locationID">45</div>

It depends on the type of element you are trying to find your value.
for input types you can find the value by .val() in jQuery like:
$(document).find(".locationID").val();
you can grab innerHTML of the element by .html() in jQuery like:
$(".locationID").html();
but if you want to grab innerText of an element you can use .text() in jQuery like:
$(".locationID").text();

passing values to a function does not work when inside for loop

I'm mapping currencies from a json file and i render the mapped currencies to a component. I have a .php file like this
<div class="currency-switch-container" id="currency_container">
<span style="font-size:12px;font-weight:bold">All currencies</span>
<div id="currency-map" style="margin-top:15px"></div>
</div>
I refer the div in the above component in my js file as follows
let currencyMap = jQuery("#currency-map");
And when my jQuery document is ready i'm doing the following
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
$.getJSON('wp-content/themes/mundana/currency/currency.json', function(data) {
for(let c in data){
currencyMap.append(`<span onclick="onCurrencyClick(${data[c].abbreviation})"
class="currency-item">
<span>
${data[c].symbol}
</span>
<span>
${data[c].currency}
</span>
</span>`)
}
});
}
and my function is like this
function onCurrencyClick(val){
console.log("val",val);
setCookie("booking_currency", val, 14);
}
Here the function does not work. But if i do not pass anything to the function it seems to work as i can see the log in the terminal.

Hi your expression ${data[c].abbreviation} will put the value into function string without string quotes i.e. the resultant would be onCurrencyClick(abbreviation) while it should be onCurrencyClick('abbreviation').
please use onclick="onCurrencyClick('${data[c].abbreviation}')" instead.

Instead of using the inline onclick, use event delegation. This means that you have a single event listener that handles all the events from the children and grandchildren. The modification is a very minor one seeing the example here below.
A reason for doing this is that you keep your JavaScript inside your JS file. Like now, you encounter a JS error and have to look for it in your HTML. That can get very confusing. Also however inline onclick listeners are valid, they are outdated and should be avoided unless there is absolutely no other way. Compare it with using !important in CSS, same goes for that.
function onCurrencyClick(event){
var val = $(this).val();
setCookie("booking_currency", val, 14);
}
currencyMap.on('click', '.currency-item', onCurrencyClick);
This example takes the val that you try to insert from the value attribute from the clicked .current-item. <span> elements don't have such an attribute, but a <button> does and is a much more suitable element for it expects to be interacted with. It is generally a good practice to use clickable elements for purposes such as clicking.
In the example below you see the button being used and the abbreviation value being output in the value attribute of the <button> element and can be read from the onCurrencyClick function.
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
$.getJSON('wp-content/themes/mundana/currency/currency.json', function(data) {
for(let c in data){
currencyMap.append(`
<button value="${data[c].abbreviation}" class="currency-item">
<span>
${data[c].symbol}
</span>
<span>
${data[c].currency}
</span>
</button>
`)
}
});

onclick will not work for a dynamically added div tag
Yo should follow jQuery on event
Refer: jQuery on
Stackoverflow Refer: Dynamic HTML Elements

jQuery onclick event not works

I have a lot of buttons with specific class like this:
All of these buttons has stored JSON in data attribute. I've created function, where I detect clicked button, and do some stuff with this JSON like this:
$(".btn-load-road").on("click", function () {
console.log($(this).data("route"));
});
Click event is not fired. Can you tell me what is wrong with this?

You can use:
prop
method to get the value of data-route (JSON value)
Here's a quick solution. Hope it helps!
$(".btn-load-road").on("click", function () {
console.log($(this).prop("data-route"));
});

I see a problem in the quotation of the "data-route" value. You are trying to double-quot a string that is already doublequotted...
Instead of
data-route=""coordinates":[[18.159425,49.835919],...],"type":"LineString"}"
You could try single-quot the quoted strings inside your main string
data-route="{'coordinates':[[18.159425,49.835919],...],'type':'linestring'}"
See this working Fiddle

Passing parameter to javascript onclick without using HTML

I can't figure this out. I'm trying to create an onclick handler purely in Javascript.
What I plan to do here is inside this DIV, have a collection of items that I can click on. For now, these items will be numbers from 0 to 9 inclusive. When a number is clicked on, a system message consisting solely of that number should pop-up on the screen. I narrowed my problem down to just the onclick handler definition.
If I use this format:
item[n].onclick=function(n){
handler(n);
}
The handler will fire only when click a number which is correct, but the message that appears is something about mouse event.
If I use this format:
item[n].onclick=function(){
handler(n);
}
The handler will pass a value of -1 which in turn is printed as a message. I think it means "false".
How do I modify this:
item[n].onclick=function(){
handler(n);
}
so that 'n' being used as the handler parameter is the same as the number I click on the screen?
My code is the following:
<div ID="Itemset"></div>
function handler(n){
alert(n);
}
collections=document.getElementById('Itemset');
for(n=0;n<10;n++){
item[n]=document.createElement('DIV');
item[n].innerHTML=n;
collections.appendChild(item[n]);
item[n].onclick=function(n){
handler(n);
}
}
What I'm effectively trying to do if you want to understand it HTML wise is this:
<div ID="Itemset">
<div onclick="handler(0);">0</div>
<div onclick="handler(1);">1</div>
<div onclick="handler(2);">2</div>
<div onclick="handler(3);">3</div>
<div onclick="handler(4);">4</div>
<div onclick="handler(5);">5</div>
<div onclick="handler(6);">6</div>
<div onclick="handler(7);">7</div>
<div onclick="handler(8);">8</div>
<div onclick="handler(9);">9</div>
</div>
Except that I don't want to write out onclick="handler(n);" a million times.
Any advice? and feel free to point to another resource that has the answer I need if there is one.
UPDATE
I'm looking for something compatible with older browsers as well. I'm going to have to not go for the bind function because according to mozilla docs, it works for IE 9+. I'm looking for something that works for IE 7+ as well as other browsers. I might have to go for event listeners if there is no other alternative.

You have a closure issue here (see JavaScript closure inside loops – simple practical example), a simple solution is to use bind to use the current value of n to be a parameter of the handler function
item[n].onclick=handler.bind(item[n],n);

U can use addEventListener and ID for find clicked element...
document.getElementById("Itemset").addEventListener("click", function(e) {
// e.target is the clicked element!
// If it was a list item
var value_data = parseInt(e.target.textContent);
if(e.target && value_data > -1) {
alert("Malai test:: "+value_data);
//handler(value_data);
}
});
https://jsfiddle.net/malai/tydfx0az/

I found my answer here: https://bytes.com/topic/javascript/answers/652914-how-pass-parameter-using-dom-onclick-function-event
Instead of:
item[n].onclick=function(n){
handler(n);
}
I have to do:
item[n].onclick=new Function('handler('+n+')');
Funny thing is, the word function needs to be capitalized when making a new instance. It's awkward I have to go this route but it works in IE 7+

One alternative is :
function handler(){
alert(this.id);
}
function myFunction() {
var item=[];
collections=document.getElementById('Itemset');
for(n=0;n<10;n++){
item[n]=document.createElement('DIV');
item[n].innerHTML=n;
item[n].setAttribute("id","itemset"+n);
collections.appendChild(item[n]);
item[n].onclick=handler;
}
}
Insert dynamic ids to the elements and when you click on any element retrieve its id using this.id and do whatever you want to do with that value.
That's all.
Hope this helps.

javascript alert value from a tag

I have on a page a tag links generated from a database with an id. What im trying to do is in an alert box display the text inside the a tag.
Ive tried to have a look to see if I can see a previous question, which I have come up with the following but all I get in the alert box is object HTMLCollection
I have the following code:
<a id="bet" onclick="addSlip();" class="btn btn-round" style="text-align: left;">'.$home->one.' <span>'.$home->two.'</span></a>
and...
function addSlip() {
document.getElementById('bet').innerHTML=bet;
alert(bet);
}
Thanks for any constructive answers

You should do the following
function addSlip() {
var bet = document.getElementById('bet').textContent;
alert(bet);
}
the rest as it is.
or using jquery
function addSlip() {
var bet = $("#bet").text()
alert(bet);
}
The main problem of your program was that the alerted variable had no value. (undefined)
The way you wrote it if the variable bet had a value would change the innerHTML of the of the a tag to that value.
Now to the using innerHTML or textContent part. As mentioned here in terms of performance the textContent is better

You need to reverse the variable assignment of bet:
function addSlip() {
var bet = $("#bet").text();// or $("#bet").html() if you want the HTML alerted
alert(bet);
}

In your case alert will give you the HTML Object Collection only.
When you have an element with id, then you can access them anywhere in javascript
e.g. for the following HTML
<div id="bet">This is a div </div>
in JS
alert(bet);
will give you the html object collection.
Solution for you is update your code
function addSlip() {
document.getElementById('bet').innerHTML=bet;
alert(bet);
}
to
function addSlip() {
alert( document.getElementById('bet').innerHTML);
}
If there is some html elements also in the div you can update the function with
function addSlip() {
alert(document.getElementById('bet').textContent);
}