set value of input

Question

Sometimes code says more then words, so the following lines work:

 $("#text11").append($(xml).find("address").find("street"));
 $("#<%= tbWoonplaats.ClientID %>").val('testing?');

but these do not:

var street = $(xml).find("address").find("street");
$("#<%= tbAdres.ClientID %>").val(street);

it displays [object object] in the input now i've tried to replace .val(street); with .val(new string(street)); but that doesn't work either

appending to a span works but setting with .val() to input doesn't...

<span id="text11"></span>

EDIT the output of

var street = $(xml).find("address").find("street");
window.alert(street);

is: [object Object]

Answer 1

Try this:

var street = $(xml).find("address").find("street").text();

You were getting the node with .find("street"), but not its content, so you needed .text().

http://api.jquery.com/text/

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EDIT:

You can check to see if a street node was found using the length property.

var street = $(xml).find("address").find("street");

alert(street.length); // should alert at least 1 if the find was successful