find all form names on a page using jquery or javascript [closed]

Question

How can I get all form names exists on a page using jquery??? can I use jquery input selector to find all forms on a page. for example I have a form on page like below

<form name="searchForm" id="searchForm" action="">
<input type="text" name="inputname" />
</form>

now i want to find the form name "searchForm" using jquery. so how can i do this??

please help me. thanks.

Answer 1

Read this: http://docs.jquery.com/Tutorials:Getting_Started_with_jQuery

Your question is unclear: the first sentence sounds like you want to use jQuery to get a list of all form names on the page, but then you say you want to find "searchForm", implying you want to select a form that you already know the name of.

To get all form names and store them in an array:

var names = [];
$("form").each(function() {
   names.push(this.name);
});

To select a form you already know the name of:

$('form[name="searchForm"]')

// or if the name is in a variable:
var name = "searchForm";
$('form[name="' + name + '"]')

Or you can just select by id:

$('#searchForm')