Getting hidden input value from string

[squiblo]

Lets say I have this variable containing this string..

 

var hidden_input = "<input type='hidden' name='age' value='10yearsold'>";

 

How can I get the value of the hidden input from the variable?

 

Thanks.

[squiblo]

Any ideas?

[haku]

I think this should do it for you:

 

var hidden_input = "<input type='hidden' name='age' value='10yearsold'>";
var match = /value='(.+?)'/.exec(hidden_input);

 

If it works, match[1] will contain the value. I didn't test it though.

[squiblo]

Sorry Haku, I have just realised that the string could contain more than one hidden input so I want to get the value depending on which value I want to get by the name.

 

^^

That sounds confusing sorry, If you don't understand I'll try again.