How to count check-boxes using jQuery?

Question

I have tons of checkboxes that are either checked (checked=\"checked\") or unchecked.

I would like to get the number of all checkboxes, unchecked and ch

Answer 1

There are multiple methods to do that:

Method 1:

alert($('.checkbox_class_here:checked').size());

Method 2:

alert($('input[name=checkbox_name]').attr('checked'));

Method 3:

alert($(":checkbox:checked").length);