jQuery get value from checked element with a given name
- by Travis Leleu
I've got an input like so:
I'd like to use jQuery to grab that element, and add the function call foo() to the change event. Currently I can get it done, but there are two hacks involved. My (working) code:
$(":input[name*=myfield]").change(
function( $(":input[name*=myfield]") ) {
foo();
});
)};
There are two hacks in there I'd like to eliminate.
Keeping in mind that the input names are multidimensional arrays, how can I use the :input[name=somename], versus [name*=someone]? I'd imagine it's faster using an exact name rather than *=, but I can't get the escape sequence correct for the brackets on the multidimensional arrays.
Can I chain the call together so that I don't have to select the element twice? Is the standard practice for that to select the HTML element into a var, then use that var? Or can I chain it together?
Thanks for the help. Still working on getting my footing in JS/JQ.
