Jquery find nearest matching element

Question

I have a series of rows with columns and I want to select the value of an input field that is in a previous column to the input field (price input)

Answer 1

var otherInput = $(this).closest('.row').find('.inputQty');

That goes up to a row level, then back down to .inputQty.

Answer 2

You could try:

$(this).closest(".column").prev().find(".inputQty").val();

Answer 3

closest() only looks for parents, I'm guessing what you really want is .find()

$(this).closest('.row').children('.column').find('.inputQty').val();

Answer 4

Get the .column parent of the this element, get its previous sibling, then find any input there:

$(this).closest(".column").prev().find("input:first").val();

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/aWhtP/