Question

I’m trying to extract a text from td as discussed here
Replacing a part of text inside a td

$('.my-table tr').each(function() {

     var contact = $(this).find('td').eq(1)[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
     $(this).find('td').eq(1).contents()[0].data = contact.substring(0,10);
});

But contact.substring(0,10); doesn’t seem to work and it just shows empty.

How can i fix this?

Answer 1

Try this:

$('.my-table tr').each(function() {

     var contact = $.trim($(this).find('td').eq(1)[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
     if(contact != '')
     {
         var value = contact.substring(0,10);
         alert(value);
         $(this).find('td').eq(1).contents()[0].data = contact.substring(0,10);
     }
});

What is the alert value you are getting?? or are you getting any alerts??