Question

Here’s a very simple question… can I add/chain the JS method .split() to jQuery’s .val() method? For example…

var myNewArray =  $("#myString").val().split(",");

I seem to get $("#myString").val().split is not a function in Firebug? I thought I could chain my JS and jQuery methods, perhaps I was wrong?

Thanks

Answer 1

Why don’t you have a look at the documentation? It says:

Returns: String, Number, Array

So you can use .split() in 30% (to be more precise: 33.33…%) of the cases. It depends on which element you are using .val() on.

So the answer to your question is: It depends.