Jquery get Name value of hidden field

Question

I am trying to get the value from the name in a hidden field. The name / value is created dynamically. The ID column is created sequentially. here is the HTML

<div="campAddons">

<input type="hidden" id="column2" name="Housing" value="108">

<div>

here is my jquery

column1Name = $("#campAddons input[id='column2']").val(name);
console.log(column1Name);

i keep getting object.object in the console log.

Answer 1

Name is an attribute. So you have to use .attr() to get its value. Please read here to learn more about it.

Try,

column1Name = $("#campAddons input[id='column2']").attr('name');
console.log(column1Name);

OR

column1Name = $("#column2").attr('name');
console.log(column1Name);

DEMO