I am trying to get the value of an input text field.
the HTML is:
<div id="start">
<p>
<input type="text" class="myClass" value="my value" name="mytext"/>
</p>
</div>
The jquery is:
var myVar = $("#start").find('myClass').val();
The problem is that myVar is coming up undefined. Does anyone know why?
Class selectors are prefixed with a dot. Your .find() is missing that so jQuery thinks you're looking for <myClass> elements.
var myVar = $("#start").find('.myClass').val();
var myVar = $("#start").find('.myClass').first().val();
var myVar = $("#start").find('myClass').val();
needs to be
var myVar = $("#start").find('.myClass').val();
Remember the CSS selector rules require "." if selecting by class name. The absence of "." is interpreted to mean searching for <myclass></myclass>.