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HTML
<input name="test" value="Hello world" id="test" /></br>
<button onclick="alertValue();">Alert value - jquery</button></br>
<button onclick="alertHtml();">input object to console - jquery</button></br>
<button onclick="alertValueJS();">Alert value - js</button>
JavaScript
function alertValue(){
var value = $("#test").val();
alert(value);
}
function alertHtml(){
var html = $("#test");
console.log(html);
alert("Console!!!");
}
function alertValueJS(){
var oldVal = document.getElementById("test").value;
alert(oldVal);
}