javascript - JQuery - get attr/text from HTML string in a variable -

i have html string i'm passing through function , want able perform jquery methods on variable inside function - such .attr('href') or .text(). i'm sure there simple solution , more elegant temporarily appending dom.

html

<div class="here"></div> 

javascript

link = '<a href="http://www.google.com">google</a>';  // works $('.here').html(link); works = $('.here').text(); console.log(works);  // doesn't not = link.text(); console.log(not); 

http://jsfiddle.net/dfgyk/

you need create jquery object link in order use jquery methods on it. try:

not = $(link).text(); 

demo: http://jsfiddle.net/dfgyk/1/

depending on you're doing link, might beneficial earlier in code can use like:

var $link = $(link); console.log(link.text());