If I have a string of HTML code, how can I use JQuery to parse it?

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var html = '<div class="item">abcabc<span>sasd</span></div>';

How can I use JQuery to retrieve the stuff inside "item"? I want to get the HTML inside of this item...as a string.

BoltClock · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-21 07:24:08Z

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Since the root of your HTML string is that .item, it's simply a matter of passing the whole string into the $() function and invoking .html() on the jQuery-wrapped element:

var string = $(html).html(); // 'abcabc<span>sasd</span>'

answered Oct 21, 2011 at 7:24

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Quincy · Accepted Answer · 2011-10-21 07:27:34Z

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Just

var html = $('<div class="item">abcabc<span>sasd</span></div>');
var content = $(".item", html).html();

answered Oct 21, 2011 at 7:27

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BoltClock Over a year ago

.item is the root element in the string, so $(".item", html) actually finds .item .item, which is incorrect.

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