How do I get the value of a textbox using jQuery?

There's a .val() method:

If you've got an input with an id of txtEmail you can use the following code to access the value of the text box:

$("#txtEmail").val()

You can also use the val(string) method to set that value:

$("#txtEmail").val("something")

Use the .val() method.

Also I think you meant to use $("#txtEmail") as $("txtEmail") returns elements of type <txtEmail> which you probably don't have.

See here at the jQuery documentation.

Also jQuery val() method.

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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();