What does [object Object] mean?

Question

I am trying to alert a returned value from a function and I get this in the alert:

[object Object]  

Here is the JavaScript code:

Answer 1

You have a javascript object

$1 and $2 are jquery objects, maybe use alert($1.text()); to get text or alert($1.attr('id'); etc...

you have to treat $1 and $2 like jQuery objects.