Set / retrieve value of array of inputs

First of all you need to access the inputs by name. In jQuery you do it like this:

$("name='myinputs'")

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This will return you the array of jQuery objects.
You can then access the 4th element and set the value to 15, like this:

$("name='myinputs'")[3].val('15');

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However, I suggest you test that the array size is at least 4:

if($("name='myinputs'").length>3)
  $("name='myinputs'")[3].val('15');

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No joy... syntax error.

$("name='theVendorID'");
$("name='theVendorID'")[3].val('15');
alert($("name='theVendorID'")[3].val());

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Sorry, you need to use eq() function:

if($("[name='myinputs']").length>3)
  $("[name='myinputs']").eq(3).val('15');

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Or, like this:

$("[name='myinputs'].eq(3)").val('15');

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I've been guessing at this all night... googled 50 or so pages.

Maybe this is just too complex for jquery.

Anyway... eq failed too.

$("name='theVendorID'");
$("name='theVendorID'").eq(3).val('15');
alert($("name='theVendorID'").eq(3).val());

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Syntax error.  I'd thing this would be a good thing to update jquery to be able to do...

Please check my answer again. I have added the square brackets around [name='myinputs']. This is the correct syntax. Yours should be:

alert($("[name='theVendorID']").eq(3).val());

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or

alert($("[name='theVendorID']:eq(3)").val());

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Here's my code... still doesn't work.

$("[name='theVendorID']");
$("[name='theVendorID']").eq(3).val('15');
alert($("[name='theVendorID']").eq(3).val());

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show how the input elements are created. Even better, create a JSFiddle, like this

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