And to build on Mike's reply understand that "this" is a DOM element in that context, *not* a jQuery object
so
this.val is not valid
but
$(this).val() is valid
On Dec 16, 1:53 pm, Mike Alsup <mal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > When I write it like this $('input#emailaddress')
> > I get a "this.val undefined" error...
>
> That's because 'val' is not a property on a that element. You want
> 'value'.
