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Asked: 2026-05-26T21:42:26+00:00

I have following code (live: http://jsfiddle.net/xyZY8/1/ ): var str = ‘<div>hello</div><ul><li>Some text…</li>’ + ‘<li>second

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I have following code (live: http://jsfiddle.net/xyZY8/1/):

var str = '<div>hello</div><ul><li>Some text...</li>' + 
          '<li>second item</li></ul>' +
          '<input type="hidden" name="some_int" value="15" />';

var myVal = $(str).find("input[name=some_int]").val();

alert(myVal);

I want to get input hidden value. But this code does not work.

Any ideas ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    When you create new HTML using $('<html string here>'), a new jQuery object will be created, containing all elements:

    div     When you use `.find()`, the childs of the first element, <div> in this
ul        case, are checked.
    li
    li
input

    Use filter() if you want to select one of these childs.

    var myVal = $(str).filter("input[name=some_int]").val();

    You can also wrap the HTML in a container, so that find() can be used:

    var myVal = $("<div>").append(str).find("input[name=some_int]").val();
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