On Tue, 2008-01-29 at 19:58 -0800, biodesign wrote:
> Actually you have to use following:
>
> var var_name = $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]:checked").val();
As of jQuery 1.2, the '@' is no longer necessary to match attributes;
see:
>
>
> 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
>
