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JavaScript jQuery Basics Introducing jQuery Getting Values from Form Fields

Posted by Bala Selvam
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Bala Selvam
Python Development Techdegree Student 30,590 Points

Use jQuery’s val() method to get the value of the text input with the ID of

Could have sworn this is how it was done in the video. and I even checked the web for the right syntax. But it keeps asking if I called the right Jquery argument. Can someone point me in the right direction on what I am missing here?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h2 class="profile-name">Treasure Porth</h2>
    <p class="profile-text">I am a web developer!</p>

    <label>Change name:<input id="name-input" type="text"></label>
    <button>Change</button>

    <script
    src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js 
$('button').click(function() {
  $("newName").val("#name-input");// Write code here
});

2 Answers

Rebecca Winterfield
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Rebecca Winterfield
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,993 Points
Rebecca Winterfield
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Rebecca Winterfield
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 5,993 Points

You need to make a variable named newName and store the value of name-input in it. Try:

$('button').click(function() {
  var newName = $("#name-input").val()
});
Bala Selvam
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Bala Selvam
Python Development Techdegree Student 30,590 Points

Ohh! Sweet. Thank you.

Harvey Bracken-Smith
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Harvey Bracken-Smith
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Harvey Bracken-Smith
Harvey Bracken-Smith
Courses Plus Student 4,243 Points

This is the answer to both parts:

$('button').click(function() { var newName=$('#name-input').val(); $('.profile-name').text(newName); });