textContent not working in IE. Need a generic code sample

Question

parentId=$(this).closest('tr').find('td:nth(6)')[0].textContent;

I am trying to get ID from flexigrid column. It works fine in Chrome and Firefox but it throws error in IE- 'closest(...).find(...).0.textContent' is null or not an object.

Is there any substitute for textContent in IE? Or is there a way to make it generic to work in all the browsers?

PS: Am using IE8

Answer 1

are you looking for jQuery .text()?

$(this).closest('tr').find('td:nth(6)').text()