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ThatGuy343
ThatGuy343

Reputation: 2424

JQuery can't get input value on element

All I'm trying to do is get the val() of an Text Input. Here is an example.

I don't know if external links are allowed so I will also paste it here :

<div class="input-group">
  <input type="text" id="#test" class="form-control" aria-label="..." style='border-radius:4px;'>
</div>

<script>
  // Always shows up as undefined..not "".
  console.log($("#test").val());
</script>

Does anyone know why I cannot get the value of this element?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 222

Answers (1)

Zakaria Acharki
Zakaria Acharki

Reputation: 67525

You have to remove the # sign from the id attribute :

<input type="text" id="#test" class="form-control" aria-label="..."  ..
//_____________________^

Hope this helps.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.0.0.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery.min.js"></script>
<link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.6/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
  <title>Why can't I get the input value of the #test?</title>
</head>
<body style='padding:64px;'>

  <div class="input-group">
    <input type="text" value="test value" id="test" class="form-control" aria-label="..." style='border-radius:4px;'>
  </div>
  
  <script>
    // Always shows up as undefined..not "".
    console.log($("#test").val());
  </script>
  
</body>
</html>

Upvotes: 2

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