Get the value in an input text box

Question

What are the ways to get and render an input value using jQuery?

Here is one:

Answer 1

You can only select a value with the following two ways:

// First way to get a value
value = $("#txt_name").val(); 

// Second way to get a value
value = $("#txt_name").attr('value');

If you want to use straight JavaScript to get the value, here is how:

document.getElementById('txt_name').value