How to get input type using jquery?

Question

I have a page where the input type always varies, and I need to get the values depending on the input type. So if the type is a radio, I need to get which is checked, and if

Answer 1

In my application I ended up with two different elements having the same id (bad). One element was a div and the other an input. I was trying to sum up my inputs and took me a while to realise the duplicate ids. By placing the type of the element I wanted in front of #, I was able to grab the value of the input element and discard the div:

$("input#_myelementid").val();

I hope it helps.