Question

I have a div block with text inside:

<div>hello</div>

I have an input text field whose last entry is always the text inside the div. For example,

<input type="text"></input> with the user inputed text as "bob, james, hello"

On click with jquery, how can I make the text inside the div be subtracted from the string inside the input, leaving the input as:

<input type="text"></input> text as "bob, james," 

Answer 1

Your syntax is off a litte:

<div>hello</div>
<input type="text" value="bob, james, hello" />

JQuery:

$('div').click(function(){
    var _text = $('input[type=text]');
    _text.val(_text.val().replace($(this).html(),''));
});

Working demo: http://jsfiddle.net/AlienWebguy/kCWtr/1/