jQuery check if any text input has value

Question

I want to ask if there\'s a better way in jQuery to select multiple text input then check if any of them has a value. Here\'s my code:

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Answer 1

How about:

http://jsfiddle.net/lollero/rr2ss/1/

Another example: http://jsfiddle.net/lollero/rr2ss/12/

$(function() {

    // Check value of each and every input element....
    // Which you can of course change to be more specific, like: $('#myForm input')
    $( "input" ).val(function( i, val ) {

        // Return the console log IF value is not empty
        // value=" " still counts as "not empty", because technically it isn't
        // You could of course replace the console.log(); with anything you'd like
        val && console.log('not empty: input-' + (++i) );

        // Note that you don't have to return val if you don't  want to, it's just for show in this case.
        return val

    });

});