how to check if the radio button is selected in javascript code example

Example 1: javascript radio button value if checked

//alert(document.querySelector('input[name = "comp"]:checked').value);

$test=document.querySelector('input[name = "comp"]:checked').value;

if($test="silver") {
        amount=50;
    }else if($test="gold") {
      amount=90;
    }else{
      amount=30;
    }

Example 2: which radio button is selected javascript

$('#myForm input').on('change', function() {
   alert($('input[name=radioName]:checked', '#myForm').val()); 
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<form id="myForm">
  <input type="radio" name="radioName" value="1" /> 1 <br />
  <input type="radio" name="radioName" value="2" /> 2 <br />
  <input type="radio" name="radioName" value="3" /> 3 <br />
</form>