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Not sure what you mean by the question.<br />
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You have assigned your object and value - how much shorter do you want it?
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Not sure what you mean by the question.

You have assigned your object and value - how much shorter do you want it?

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Thanks for the direction on this. &nbsp; I appreciate in retrospect it wasn't that complicated; &nbsp;I was apparently feeling pretty fuzzy about JQuery at the time I asked, and the answers provided clarity in several ways.
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Thanks for the direction on this.   I appreciate in retrospect it wasn't that complicated;  I was apparently feeling pretty fuzzy about JQuery at the time I asked, and the answers provided clarity in several ways.

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How might I shorten / &nbsp;improve / make more efficient this code to fill these two variables?<br />
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// the object<br />
var wrkEvalType = $(&quot;#&quot; + &quot;YXZ&quot;).first()<br />
// the value of the object<br />
var wrkText = $(&quot;#&quot; + &quot;YXZ&quot;).first().text()<br />
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Help appreciated.<br />
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Thanks!
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How might I shorten /  improve / make more efficient this code to fill these two variables?

// the object
var wrkEvalType = $("#" + "YXZ").first()
// the value of the object
var wrkText = $("#" + "YXZ").first().text()

Help appreciated.

Thanks!

Shorter JQuery

jQuery (Core) is a cross-browser JavaScript library that provides abstractions for common client-side tasks such as Document Object Model (DOM) traversal, DOM manipulation, event handling, animation and Ajax. jQuery also provides a platform to create plugins that extend jQuery's capabilities beyond those already provided by the library.