Get content inside script as text

javascript jquery script-tag

DVD · Feb 17, 2012 · Viewed 65.2k times · Source

I would like to print the content of a script tag is that possible with jquery?

index.html

<script type="text/javascript">

    function sendRequest(uri, handler)
    {


    }
</script>

Code

alert($("script")[0].???);

result

function sendRequest(uri, handler)
{


}

Answer

Just give your script tag an id:

<div></div>
<script id='script' type='text/javascript'>
    $('div').html($('#script').html());
</script>