Validating a radio button is checked with jQuery

Question

On my form I havea set of radio buttons. Here\'s the mark up:

    
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Answer 1

Try:

var checkbox = $("input[@name='fileType']:checked");

if( checkbox.length > 0 ) {
    alert( checkbox.val() ); // checkbox value
} else {
    alert('Please select a format'); // error
}

http://jsfiddle.net/wE4RD/