Retrieve data from an object

Question

<script>
    $(document).ready(function() {
     var k = $('.tren li').filter(':not(:first):not(:last)');
        alert(k[0]);
    });
</script>

Live: http://jsfiddle.net/D9NTr/

It returns a message like [OBJECT HTMLLI ELEMENT] . How can I retrieve the value of the object?

Answer 1

$(k[0]).text();

http://jsfiddle.net/niklasvh/D9NTr/2/

Answer 2

You need to use the text() method like:

alert(k[0].text());

I'll knock up a quick jsfiddle to demonstrate.

Answer 3

Not applicable to your example. But if you need the html, then k[0].html()