remove text in parentheses and the parentheses using .filter() or .slice()
- by liz
i have a table with code like this:
<tr>
<th scope="row">5-17</th>
<td>23.6 (22.0-24.0)</td>
<td>18.0 (17-20.0)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<th scope="row">Total 0-17</th>
<td>20.6 (8-15.6)</td>
<td>16.1 (22.2-24.0)</td>
</tr>
i am using the following function to find the contents of the table cells and bring it into an array:
var l1 = $('#datatable td:nth-child(2)').map(function() {
return $(this).text();
}).get();
the table fragment's id is "datatable".
this returns properly, however i am putting this array into jqPlot and it cant read the stuff between the parentheses or the parentheses themselves.
i need the data to remain in the table however because we are displaying both the table and the chart.
i cant reformat (add spans around the content i want to remove etc) because these tables are being generated by another piece of software.
i think what i need to do is either slice off after the space or use a regex to find and remove. not sure how to proceed with either of these. thanks!
