Question

I have a form which POST’s its data via AJAX:

$.ajax({  
          type: "POST",  
          url: "http://example.com/prp/resources/upscalc.php",  
          data: dataString,  
          success: function(data){       
            res=data;  
            alert (res);return false; 
          }  
        }); 

And what is being outputted to the page is currently this:

What do I need to do so the only value I alert out is the number(in this case $66.52) at the end of the alert?

P.s. additional information, the xml at the top is from a UPS api call, and I cannot get rid of it.

Many thanks!

Answer 1

How about –

$.ajax({  
    type: "POST",  
    url: "http://example.com/prp/resources/upscalc.php",  
    data: dataString,  
    success: function(data){       
        res=data.split('-->');
        alert (res[res.length-1]);
        return false; 
    }  
});

Edit: Thanks to David for the idea that “–>” could potentially exist in the UPS response, and it’s safer to lop off the last element of the array rather than the second