Getting an input element's value in jQuery

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Rakesh Sabbani picture Rakesh Sabbani · Sep 9, 2010 · Viewed 23.2k times · Source

How can I get the value of an input element in jQuery?

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Garis M Suero picture Garis M Suero · Sep 9, 2010

If this is your textbox:

<input type="text" id="mytextBox" value="" />

You will be getting it's value using the textbox's ID=mytextBox...

var value = $("#mytextBox").val()

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