I need to find input value in a string, it should look something like this:
var someHtml = "some text, <div id='somediv'></div> <input type='text' value='somethin' />";
$(someHtml).find('input').val();
this ofcourse doesn't work so how can i do that?
First you need to escape the double quotes or use single quotes in someHtml string which I don't think so is the same in actual case but still. And instead of using find you have to use siblings because input is the sibling inside $(someHtml) or wrap the whole html inside a div and then can use find method.
Try this.
$(someHtml).siblings('input').val();
Alternatively you can use this too.
$(someHtml).wrap('<div />').parent().find('input').val();
You mixed up the someHtml string.
Use ' for strings inside " strings...
var someHtml = "some text, <div id='somediv'></div> <input type='text' value='somethin' />";
$(someHtml).find('input').val();
See this question about when to use " and when to use '.
You can see straight from the SO markup.
Escape your quotes!
var someHtml = "some text, <div id=\"somediv\"></div> <input type='text' value='somethin' />";
$(someHtml).find('input').val();
