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JavaScript jQuery Basics Introducing jQuery Introduction to jQuery Review

Posted by shekhar bhardwaj
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shekhar bhardwaj
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 12,373 Points

What is wrong with my answer?

I am using text function to get the information from input.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
240,995 Points

Please show the specific question from the quiz, and what answer you selected.

1 Answer

Justin Cantley
Justin Cantley
18,068 Points
Justin Cantley
Justin Cantley
18,068 Points

If the question that you're referring to is the following...

Use the appropriate jQuery method to retrieve information from a form input field.
$(‘#my-text-input’).();

then the correct answer is the .val() method.

The main reason you want to use .val() over .text() is because .text() will only return a string whereas .val() will return a string, number, or array.

This allows you to do more with the returned value such as performing number methods or array methods.