Question

Check this JSFiddle to see my problem.

I am selecting a time from td and want to select an option from drop down based on that.

It’s working fine in IE8 and down. But not working in Chrome and IE9.

HTML

<table>
    <tr>
        <td id="time">
            11:20:12
        </td>
    </tr>
</table>

<select id="StartHour" name="DateRangeFromSeconds">
    <option value="00">00</option>
    <option value="01">01</option>
    <option value="02">02</option>
    <option value="03">03</option>
    <option value="04">04</option>
    <option value="05">05</option>
    <option value="06">06</option>
    <option value="07">07</option>
    <option value="08">08</option>
    <option value="09">09</option>
    <option value="10">10</option>
    <option value="11">11</option>
    <option value="12">12</option>
    <option value="13">13</option>
    <option value="14">14</option>
    <option value="15">15</option>
    <option value="16">16</option>
    <option value="17">17</option>
    <option value="18">18</option>
    <option value="19">19</option>
    <option value="20">20</option>
    <option value="21">21</option>
    <option value="22">22</option>
    <option value="23">23</option>
    <option value="24">24</option>
    <option value="25">25</option>
    <option value="26">26</option>
    <option value="27">27</option>
    <option value="28">28</option>
    <option value="29">29</option>
    <option value="30">30</option>
    <option value="31">31</option>
    <option value="32">32</option>
    <option value="33">33</option>
    <option value="34">34</option>
    <option value="35">35</option>
    <option value="36">36</option>
    <option value="37">37</option>
    <option value="38">38</option>
    <option value="39">39</option>
    <option value="40">40</option>
    <option value="41">41</option>
    <option value="42">42</option>
    <option value="43">43</option>
    <option value="44">44</option>
    <option value="45">45</option>
    <option value="46">46</option>
    <option value="47">47</option>
    <option value="48">48</option>
    <option value="49">49</option>
    <option value="50">50</option>
    <option value="51">51</option>
    <option value="52">52</option>
    <option value="53">53</option>
    <option value="54">54</option>
    <option value="55">55</option>
    <option value="56">56</option>
    <option value="57">57</option>
    <option value="58">58</option>
    <option value="59">59</option>
</select>

JQuery

var s=$('#time').html().split(':');
alert(s[0]); // I'm getting the value here. How can I set this value in the drop down list?
$("#StartHour option[value='" +s[0] + "']").attr('selected', 'selected');

Answer 1

When you call .html() to get the table cell’s content you’re getting all the leading and trailing whitespace as well as the text that you’re interested in; also, you should use .text() instead of .html() just in case. So, just strip out the whitespace using replace:

var s = $('#time').text().replace(/\s/g, '').split(':');

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/ambiguous/xmgAu/