In jQuery, you can get the tag value or element content from a selected tag.

For example,

1. Select a tag name of ‘p’ and display its tag value.

    $('p').html();

2. Select an element that has a class name of “class1″ and display its value. Regardless of the tag name.

    $('.class1').html();

3. Select an element that has an id of “id1″ and display its value. Regardless of the tag name.

    $('#id1').html();

jQuery Example

<html>
<head>
<title>jQuery Get Tag Value</title>
 
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.3.2.js"></script>
 
</head>
 
<script type="text/javascript">
 
$(document).ready(function(){
    var $temp = $('p').html();
    alert($temp);
 
    var $temp = $('.class1').html();
    alert($temp);
 
    var $temp = $('#id1').html();
    alert($temp);
 
});
 
</script>
<body>
 
<h1>jQuery Get Tag Value</h1>
 
    <p>
    	This is paragrah 1
    </p>
 
	<div class="class1">
		This is class='class1'
	</div>
 
	<div id="id1">
		This is id='id1'
	</div>
 
</body>
</html>
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