How to put a string from an input field and put it into a function [duplicate]

jQuery:

Message.send($("input.draft").val()); 

javascript:

Message.send(document.querySelector("input.draft").value); 

No jQuery needed. I'm not sure what you mean by place it into the Message.send() function (in string form), so I assume you get the value in the text input and use it as an argument in the Message.send() function.

Try this:

Message.send(document.getElementsByClassName("draft")[0].value); 

Assuming your input field is something like this:

<input type="text" id="someInputField" name="someInputField" class="inputFields" /> 

You could do this

<script type="text/javascript"> //We use the field's id to refer to it and get to its value (the text in it): var message = $('#someInputField').val(); //And then you might call the function like: nameOfTheFuntion(message); </script> 

You would need to have jQuery libraries to make it work though, but you could do without them by replacing:

$('#someInputField').val(); 

with

document.getElementById('someInputField').val(); 

Give your <input> box an id for example

<input type="text" id="blah" /> 

In your javascript you are able to reference the <input> like so:

var strBlah = document.getElementById("blah").value; 

Now you have the value typed into the <input> box so you would do the following:

Message.send(strBlah)