[jQuery] Unable to select input by value with variable

[skankster]

Hello,

I have a form with lots of radio buttons that all have the same name.
I want to select the one that was clicked by its value. What I am
doing is this:

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$('input[name="weAreAllCalledTheSame"]').click(function () {
                if ($(this).attr('checked')) {
                        iwasclicked = $(this).attr('value');
                        alert ($('[EMAIL PROTECTED]').length);
                        alert (iwasclicked);
                };
        });
});
</script>

The variable iwasclicked has shows the value of the selected radio
button. But I am not able to select the input element by its value
with this variable: $('[EMAIL PROTECTED]')

I hope you can help me and I am not too blind and stoopid.

Thx
Dirk