SO - 16296563

by Arun P Johny

HTML

<div id="container">
    
    <div>
        <span>
            <input type="text" id="item1" value="AA"/>
        </span>
    </div>
    
    <div>
        <span>
            <input type="text" id="item2" value="BB"/>
        </span>
    </div>
    
    <div>
        <span>
            <input type="text" id="item3" value="CC"/>
        </span>
    </div>
    
</div>

JavaScript

var idarray = [];
var valuearray = [];

$("#container input").each(function(){
   var $this = $(this);
   idarray.push($this.attr("id").substring(4));
   valuearray.push($this.attr("value"));
});

console.log(idarray);
console.log(valuearray);