grab selected table row data (skip first td element) before deleting

grab selected table row data (skip first td element) before deleting

Hi all

I am following some tutorials and working on this one right now :
I would like to grab selected table row data (skip first td element) before deleting the selected row.
  1. $(".delete-row").click(function(){

                $("table tbody").find('input[name="record"]').each(function(){

                    if($(this).is(":checked")){

                        $(this).parents("tr").remove();

                    }

                });

            });
I am able to alert the data in a row so far :
  1. $(".delete-row").click(function(){
                $("table tbody").find('input[name="record"]').each(function(){
                    if($(this).is(":checked")){
                     $(this).closest('tr').find('td').each(function() {
            var textval = $(this).text(); // this will be the text of each <td>
           alert(textval);
       });
                        $(this).parents("tr").remove();
                    }
                });
            });
*** I've managed to find out how to skip the first td :
  1. $(".delete-row").click(function(){
                $("table tbody").find('input[name="record"]').each(function(){
                    if($(this).is(":checked")){
                     $(this).closest('tr').find('td:not(:first)').each(function() {
            var textval = $(this).text(); // this will be the text of each <td>
           alert(textval);
       });
                        $(this).parents("tr").remove();
                    }
                });
            });

But now I would like to save the row data in a var with each value separated by spaces.
Something like this :
var textval = value1 value
Instead of the variable just holding a single value as it does now.

Must this be done using a loop or is there another way of doing this ?

I would appreciate a few tips/pointers for this.

Thank you

Den