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Asked: 2026-06-12T08:38:25+00:00

I’m using jQuery .get to grab elements from another page; I want to get

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I’m using jQuery .get to grab elements from another page; I want to get the “nth” href attribute, which I’m trying to do with the code below. As you can see, I’m trying to change the value of an ID to a specific URL. I think there’s a problem with my use of .find, but couldn’t figure out. Thanks a ton for any help.

JS

$.get('/file.xml', function(data)
{
    var $links = $(data).find('a').attr('href'),
    selectedlink = $links.eq(selectedValue);
    var link = selectedlink.text();
    $("#fvlink").val(link);

});

HTML page with URLs

<body>
  <li><h2><a href="http://www.whatever1.coy">2060</a></h2><span class="desctext">This is the second slide</span></li>
  <li><h2><a href="http://www.whatever2.com">2057</a></h2><span class="desctext">This is the third slide</span></li>
  <li><h2><a href="http://www.whatever3.com">2056</a></h2><span class="desctext">This is the fourth slide</span></li>
</body>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Because $(..).attr() returns a string, $links won’t be an jQuery object. You need to drop the call to attr():

    var $links = $(data).find('a');
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