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How can I save the return of the JQuery AJAX load() function in a variable? For example var temp="";
$("#div1").load("demo_test.txt #p1");
So instead of saving the return in div1, I want to save it in the variable temp.
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load()
is just a shortcut for $.get
that automagically inserts the content as well. You can use $.get
instead if you want to store the data in a variable instead of directly inserting to an element
$.get('demo_test.txt', function(data) {
var temp = $('<div />', {html : data}).find('#p1');
});
You could try something like:
$( "#div1" ).load( "demo_test.txt", function(data) {
var temp = data;
});
$( "#div1" ).load( "demo_test.txt", function( response, status, xhr ) {
var saved_response = response;
});
Look more at https://api.jquery.com/load/