Hello,
<div id=header>
<span>
<a href=some_page>Welcome</a>
<a href=other_page>Themajor</a>
</span></div>

This was html code generated with aspx where the major is a user name that dynamically changes according to the logged user.
Now i want to write javascript code that gets "themajor" or whatever for me from this html code

Hiii TheMajor!!
Hope this will help you
Since you want to get "TheMajor" ,second approach will be better

<script>
function fun()
{
var obj=document.getElementsByTagName('a')
for(i=0;i<obj.length;i++)
alert(obj[i].innerHTML)
}

function fun2()
{
var obj=document.getElementById('t1')
alert(obj.innerHTML)

var obj=document.getElementById('t2')
alert(obj.innerHTML)
}
</script>
 Approach1:When you want to get All Href innerHTML Values,like(Welcome,Themajor,Welcome2,TheMajor3)
 <br>
<div id=header>
<span>
<a href=some_page>Welcome</a>
<a href=other_page>Themajor</a>
</span></div>



Approach2:When you want to get specific Href innerHTML Values,like when you want to get the value for Welcome2 and TheMajor3
<br>
<div id=header>
<span>
<a href=some_page id="t1">Welcome2</a>
<a href=other_page id="t2">Themajor3</a>
</span></div>

<input type=button value="Approach1" onclick="fun()">
<br><br>
<input type=button value="Approach2" onclick="fun2()">

Cheers :)

vinod

Thnx for reply, but can i get another approach becoz i need TheMajor like the second approach but i can't change the <a> by giving it an id, so can i write code that extract the second <a> under the <div id=header>?

Hii TheMajor!!
Offcourse yes,if you are sure that you are getting the value of second<a href> Tag,than only you can succed,becoz after the developement anyother user adds the same <a href>Xyx</a> tag ,before the second one,your code will return the second Xyx values.
If you are sure that no one will modify the code after the release,then use
function fun()
{
var obj=document.getElementsByTagName('a')
alert(obj[1].innerHTML)//second Href Tag Value in ur case The Major
}
Hope this will help you

Cheers :)

vinod

Thanks, this is helpful

If you want to do this in a generic way then you can use this tool. http://www.unitedwebandstand.com/js/kHTML.js

In your case you could simply do
var r = us.karnivoro.stripHTML((document.getElementById('h eader')).innerHTML);
alert(r);

For a working example see http://www.unitedwebandstand.com/wordpress/?p=90 or http://www.karnivoro.us/a.html