How can I store the text entered into a html textarea into a javascript variable?

Question

I want to store the text users enter into a textarea in a website into a javascript variable in order to compare it to another variable already defined.

How would you do it? Any hints? Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

using jquery

var n=$('#textarea_id').val();

using javascript

var n=document.getElementById('textAreaID').value;

Answer 2

Use following code

var textareaValue = document.getElementById('textAreadID').value

Replace textAreadID with your textarea id.

Answer 3

In jQuery:

var str = "compare with me",
value = $('textarea[name="yourareaname"]').val();

if(str == value) {
    alert('hell yeah');
}