Select A Tag With A Selector From A Text Variable Using Jquery

I have a string which contains text and some tags in it; I want to know how I can select a tag from the variable and loop it. I tried the following but it didn't work: va

Solution 1:

You need to wrap the text in a div (or other element) then find() it:

var text = 'some string here with <a href="#link">http:something.com</a> more string and more links also';

text = $('<div>' + text + '</div>');

text.find('a').each(function() {
    var length = 10;
    var end = '...';

    varstring = $(this).html();
    $(this).html(string.substring(0, length) + (string.length > length ? end : ''));
});

var text = text.html();

// Put it into a textarea
$('#myTextarea').val(text);

Solution 2:

Replace

$('a', text).each(function() {

with

$(text, 'a').each(function() {

and see if it works.