How to check radio button is checked using JQuery?

Question

I have two radio buttons in one group, I want to check the radio button is checked or not using JQuery, How ?

Answer 1

Taking some answers one step further - if you do the following you can check if any element within the radio group has been checked:

if ($('input[name="yourRadioNames"]:checked').val()){ (checked) or if (!$('input[name="yourRadioNames"]:checked').val()){ (not checked)