JQuery Div value returns Undefined

Question

I have a div:

<div class="form_result">hello</div>


 var mb = $('.form_result').text();
 alert("Value of div is: " + mb.value); 

The alert is returning Undefined.

Tried JQuery version 1.9.1 and 1.8.3 ...same result.

Answer 1

alert("Value of div is: " + mb); do like this

Answer 2

you don't need .value

alert("Value of div is: " + mb)

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.text() get the text inside the div

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.value is used for form elements like input,select,radio,checkbox