How do I retrieve a textbox value using JQuery

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Possible Duplicate    How do I get the value of a textbox using jQuery        on form submit  i am trying to grab the value of the textbox below and shove it in an url     lt input type  text  style  width  300px  id  fromAddress  name  from  value      gt  amp nbsp    here is my jquery code    lt script type  text javascript  gt         document  ready function                   submit   click function e                  var from      input fromAddress   text                  div printdirec   html   lt a target   blank  href  http   maps google com addr     from     amp daddr  gt Print Directions lt  a gt                              lt  script gt    when i look at the URL  it doesn t have the correct from address

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You need to use the val   function to get the textbox value  text does not exist as a property only as a function and even then its not the correct function to use in this situation   var from      input fromAddress   val     val   is the standard function for getting the value of an input

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Just Additional Info which took me long time to find what if you were using the field name and not id for identifying the form field  You do it like this   For radio button   var inp     input radio name PatientPreviouslyReceivedDrug  checked   val      For textbox    var txt    input text name DrugDurationLength    val

[jquery] How do I retrieve a textbox value using JQuery?

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