Question

I am trying to select this checkbox and test if it is checked

<input class="controls" id="user_regret_avatar" label="Delete My Picture" name="user[regret_avatar]" type="checkbox" value="1">

with this

if $("#user_regret_avatar").attr('checked') {
    alert("yay");
}
else{
alert("aww");
};

but I am getting

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier 

is my selector bad?

also note – I’ve seen http://api.jquery.com/prop/, I’ve checked all the checked tests.. still same issue

Now with fiddle – Can’t get the test going

Answer 1

You need to change the if condition as follows :

if ($("#user_regret_avatar").attr('checked')) {
    alert("yay");
} else {
alert("aww");
};

Note the () after if:

Here is a working JSFiddle