SO fiddle
Test Fiddle mainly for SO Questions
by Nick Craver
HTML
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.8.4/themes/overcast/jquery-ui.css">
<input id="myInput" type="text" />
<input id="myButton" type="button" value="Click me!" />
JavaScript
$("#myButton").click(function() {
myFunction($("#myInput").val());
});
function myFunction(val) {
alert("You entered: " + val);
}