Setting a number between tags as a variable

I'm trying to get a number (x) inside tags, ie: <span id="Number">x</span> a开发者_开发百科nd set that as a variable.

Am I even on the right track with this? Not even close?

var y = $('#Number').nextUntil('span');

If you want the content of the span, do this:

var y = $('#Number').text();

You need to think of them as whole elements, not individual opening/closing tags. The text()^[docs] method gives you the text content of the span element you selected by ID.

The code above will give you a String. If you want a Number, you can convert it like this:

var y = parseInt( $('#Number').text(), 10);

or this:

var y = +$('#Number').text();