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HTML

<input value='Generate' id="btnGenerate" type='button' />
<textarea id='taGenerate'>generated value</textarea>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
    $("#btnGenerate").click(function () {
        doOutput()
    });
});

function doOutput() {
    var genJq = $("#taGenerate").val();
    console.log('jq: ' + genJq);
    var genJs = document.getElementById('taGenerate').value;
    console.log('js: ' + genJs);
}