assign jquery variable to input [closed]

Question

I am trying to pass jquery variable value to input text. I tried the below and getting message "The left-hand side of an assignment must be a variable". How to send jquery variable value to input box?

//Input is as below

<input  type="hidden" id="rowValues" value="" name="rowValues">

//jquery is as below. rowData variable value should be passed to input

 var rowData = JSON.stringify(rows); ; 

$("#rowValues").val() = rowData; 

Answer 1

do:

$("#rowValues").val(rowData);