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HTML
<input type="text" name="age" value="25" />
<button type="button" id="attr">Get `value` attribute</button>
<button type="button" id="prop">Get `value` property</button>
JavaScript
var input = $('input:first');
$('button').click(function() {
var method = this.id;
alert(method + ' -> "' + input[method]('value') + '"');
});