Question

I thought I could split a string inside a jquery function using the JavaScript .split method. The code below stores string as “value1, value2, value3”.

If I try to split that string and then alert the item, nothing happens. Any ideas?
I have verified that string_sp is correct so I know the issue is with the split line.

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('.link_pressed').click(function() {
        var string_sp = $('select.s_box').val();
        var box_str = string_sp.split(',');
        alert(box_str[0]);
    });                 
});

Answer 1

You have a syntax error (didn’t close the click function call). Try this:

$(document).ready(function() {
  $('.link_pressed').click(function() {
    var string_sp = $('select.s_box').val();
    var box_str = string_sp.split(',');
    alert(box_str[0]);
  });
});