I'm assuming you want the current value of the checked checboxes. Just use .serialize()
var inputs = $("input[name^='day']").change(function () { console.log(inputs.serialize()); }); the output of serialize() is a query string, just split on '&' for an array of key=value that you can then process further as desired: var inputs = $("input[name^='day']").change(function () { $.each(inputs.serialize().split('&'),function(i,d){ d = d.split('='); d[0]; //the key. eg day2 d[1]; //the value eg mon }); }); On Aug 20, 7:34 am, Nathan Bubna <nbu...@gmail.com> wrote: > You could use my Values plugin (http://plugins.jquery.com/project/values) and > do: > > $(document).ready(function() { > $("input[name^=day]").change(function () { > var all = $('input[name^=day]').values(); > for (var day in all) { > if (all[day] !== null) { > alert(all[day]+' was checked'); > } > } > }); > > }); > > rather than just the value of the first matched one, this will give > you all of their current values in a key-value object. > > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:20 PM, blcArmadillo<blackarmadi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have a simple set of checkboxes: > > > <input name="day1" type="checkbox" value="sun" /> Sun <input > > name="day2" type="checkbox" value="mon" /> Mon <input name="day3" > > type="checkbox" value="tue" /> Tue <input name="day4" type="checkbox" > > value="wed" /> Wed <input name="day5" type="checkbox" value="thu" /> > > Thu <input name="day6" type="checkbox" value="fri" /> Fri <input > > name="day7" type="checkbox" value="sat" /> Sat > > > When the state of one of them changes I want to check the state of all > > of them. So far I have: > > $(document).ready(function() { > > $("input[name^='day']").change(function () { > > > }); > > }); > > > My question is how do I get the value of each of the check boxes? It > > seems like all the commands I see in the jQuery documentation only > > give you the value of the first matched element? Do I have to use some > > sort of for loop? Thanks for the help.