How to get the content of a textarea using jQuery?


Here I am using one textarea and one button.The first textarea is used for user input then click the button and display the value in the alert box.

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<html>
<head>
   <script src="../../Scripts/jquery-1.4.1.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
      <script type="text/javascript">
         $(document).ready(function () {
            $("button").click(function () {
               var dim = $("#txt").val();
               alert(dim);
            });
         });
   </script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<textarea id="txt" rows="5" cols="20"></textarea>
<button type="button" id="btn">Click Here</button>
</div>
</body>
</html>

Updated on: 21-Jun-2020

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