How do I get a value of a <span> using jQuery?

Question

This is basic.

How do I get the value 'This is my name' of the above span?

<div id='item1'>
<span>This is my name</span>
</div>

Answer 1

$('#item1 span').text() or $('#item1 span').html()

should do the trick I think

Answer 2

Assuming you intended it to read id="item1", you need

$('#item1 span').text()

Answer 3

$("#item1 span").text();

Answer 4

in java wouldnt you use getelementbyid('item1').innertext ?

Answer 5

$('#item1').text(); or $('#item1').html(); works fine for id="item1"