Question

Jquery can’t seem to turn the type of str2 into a string, no matter what i tried.

function parseXml(xml)
{
      $(xml).find("product").each(function()
      {

           var str1 = "div.timer";
           var **str2** = $(this).find("id");


           $("div.timer17").html(str1 + str2);
      });
}

Every time this function is ran, content of div.timer17 changes to div.timer[object Object].

I tried turning the object Object into a string with new String(obj), with json.stringify, etc. Nothing worked. Please help.

My goal is appending str2 to str1, so i can get the wanted selector (for example, div.timer25).

Here’s the xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<products>
<product cookie="The red">
  <timediff>02:28:59</timediff>
  <username>denis</username>
  <price>25</price>
  <id>17</id>
</product>

<product cookie="The red">
  <timediff>00:28:59</timediff>
  <username>denis</username>
  <price>35</price>
  <id>18</id>
</product>
</products>

Answer 1

Assuming you want the text or html I think you want this

var str2 = $(this).find("id").text();

or

var str2 = $(this).find("id").html();