Question

Issues 1:

$('#msg').html($('#quote').text());

now changed quote for a variable – quotevar:

$("#msg").html(quotevar);

How would I incorporate the text function there to get the same result I did with #quote? I can’t even seem to understand how to properly handle variables and functions in jquery.

Issue 2:

I need to add [quote] [/quote] bbode tags around my variable quotevar. This is actually the reason I created the variable in issue 1.

If it’s possible to do it without the new var using this:
$('#msg').html($('#quote').text()); then I’d like to know how that is done also.

I assume the wrap() function is needed to add the tags.

Answer 1

if I understand you correctly, are you just wanting to do this?

var quotevar = "<quote>" + $('#quote').text() + "</quote>";

or using wrap()

var quotevar = $('#quote').text().wrap("<quote />");
$('#msg').html(quotevar);