How do I get the value of a textarea in jquery?

Question

How to get Textarea value in jquery, if I am using

<form name="myform"> 
<textarea name="msg" id="msg"></textarea>
</form>

This syntax is not working properly

 var text = $('textarea#message').val();

can anybody tell me about the things ?

Answer 1

Your idea is right, but your selector is a bit off:

$('textarea#msg').val(); //not "message"

The ID of the ID-selector needs to match exactly :)

Answer 2

If your textarea's Id is "msg" then your selector needs to use that.

var text = $('textarea#msg').val();

Answer 3

Have you tried:

$("textarea#msg").val(result.message);

or

$("textarea#msg").val()

Answer 4

You appear to be targeting the text area incorrectly. Try var text = $('textarea#msg').val().

Answer 5

$("#msg").val();