Splitting A Single Value

I have: and when I do: var Y = $('td').data('X'); Z=Y.split(); it works. But if I have: then it doesn't work. At least I think that

Solution 1:

I wonder if it's being interpreted as an integer instead of a string. Try Z = Y.toString( ).split( )

Solution 2:

.data() is smart. It tries to use a more appropriate type than string for the value - in your case, it's number.

From the docs:

Every attempt is made to convert the string to a JavaScript value (this includes booleans, numbers, objects, arrays, and null) otherwise it is left as a string. To retrieve the value's attribute as a string without any attempt to convert it, use the attr() method.