You need to get the contents of the element as $('foo') is the element
itself ..
innerHTML or innerTEXT should work ...
var total=$('foo').innerTEXT;
alert(parseFloat(total));
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From: "Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Prototype & script.aculo.us" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 2:06 AM
Subject: [Proto-Scripty] Simple $( ) question
>
> If I have an element:
>
> <span id='foo'>50</span>
>
> Should I be able to say the following?
>
> var total = parseFloat($('foo'));
>
> Instead, I am getting a return value of:
>
> [object HTMLSpanElement]
>
> and parseFloat is returning NaN.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> >
>
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