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HTML

<form id="submform">
    <input type="text" name="author1" value=""></input>
    <input type="text" name="author2" value=""></input>
    <input type="text" name="author3" value=""></input>
    <input type="text" name="author4" value=""></input>
</form>
<button type="button" id="t">Test Serialize</button>
<br/>
<span id="serializeOutput" />

JavaScript

function x(){
    return $('#submform input').serialize();
}

$('#t').click(function(){$('#serializeOutput').text('Serialized form: "' + x() + '"');});