How to get the value of the text box from a HTML Coded String

Question

i have a string like

var str='<input type="text" name="se_tbox" value="Beauty is Fake" />';

I want to get only the value of that input box which is stored in str as Beauty is Fake

is there anyway to get it?

Answer 1

$(str).val(); // this would do it...

have a look

Answer 2

var str='<input type="text" name="se_tbox" value="Beauty is Fake" />';
alert($(str).attr('value'));
// or
alert($(str).val());

Answer 3

You can use jquery

$('<input type="text" name="se_tbox" value="Beauty is Fake" />').val()

or regular expression

'<input type="text" name="se_tbox" value="Beauty is Fake" />'.match(/value="([^"]*)"/)[1]