jQuery access input hidden value

You can access hidden fields’ values with val(), just like you can do on any other input element:

<input type="hidden" id="foo" name="zyx" value="bar" />

alert($('input#foo').val());
alert($('input[name=zyx]').val());
alert($('input[type=hidden]').val());
alert($(':hidden#foo').val());
alert($('input:hidden[name=zyx]').val());

Those all mean the same thing in this example.

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