Value of jQuery generated checkbox in IE8 is stored as “on” rather than actual value?

Question

The following example code works in FireFox but IE is causing problems.

This code essentially renders a list of dynamic checkboxes according to a JSON array.

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Answer 1

I find the .map function to be useful for this scenario. No need to strip off a trailing ',' with this usage.

$('#ProfSelector input:checkbox:checked').map(function() {
  return this.id;
  // or jquery object 
  // return $(this).val();
}).get().join(',');