Question

I am using jquery trying to retrieve the value of a text input but it is not working. can anyone see what I am doing wrong? http://jsfiddle.net/silvajeff/4Sb8K/3/

<table id="oustandingItems">
  <tr><th>Category</th></tr>
  <tr><td><input name="mytest" /></td></tr>
  <tr><td><input name="mytest" value="123"/></td></tr>
  <tr><td><input name="mytest" /></td></tr>
  <tr><td><input name="mytest" /></td></tr>
</table>


<button id="findRow">Find Row</button>
<input type="text" id="myRow" />

$("#findRow").click(function() {   
  var tableRow = $('#oustandingItems tr:has(td input[value!=""])').prevAll().length;  
 var myValue = $('#oustandingItems input:has(td input[value!=""])').val();
  $("#myRow").val(myValue);
});

Answer 1

You can simplify your selector to #oustandingItems tr input[value!=""]

$("#findRow").click(function() {
  var myValue = $('#oustandingItems tr input[value!=""]').val();
  $("#myRow").val(myValue);
});

JSFiddle