Actually you have to use following:
var var_name = $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]:checked").val();
On Jan 23, 11:35 am, Timothee Groleau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 03:22 -0600, Matt Quackenbush wrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > I am using the following to grab the value of a radio button:
>
> > str = $("input[name='addType']").val();
>
> .val() returns the value of the first match element and your query
> matches both radio buttons. If you want to target only the checked one,
> try:
>
> str = $("input[name=addType]:checked").val();
>
> hth,
> Tim.
>
>
>
> > The XHTML for the radio button is as follows:
>
> > <label for="add-type-1"><input type="radio" name="addType"
> > id="add-type-1" value="prem" /> Premium</label>
> > <label for="add-type-2"><input type="radio" name="addType"
> > id="add-type-2" value="std" checked="checked" /> Standard</label>
>
> > Even though the second radio button is set with the "checked"
> > attribute, the jQuery snippet above always returns the value of the
> > first radio button. I am obviously doing something wrong (again), but
> > cannot seem to pinpoint the error of my ways.
>
> > As always, thanks in advance for your assistance.
>
> > Matt
