jQuery get value of selected radio button

Question

The problem statement is simple. I need to see if user has selected a radio button from a radio group. Every radio button in the group share same id.

The problem is

Answer 1

1. In your code, jQuery just looks for the first instance of an input with name q12_3, which in this case has a value of 1. You want an input with name q12_3 that is :checked.

$(function(){
    $("#submit").click(function() {     
        alert($("input[name=q12_3]:checked").val());
    });
});

2. Note that the above code is not the same as using .is(":checked"). jQuery's is() function returns a boolean (true or false) and not an element.