how to get the value from an event target in js

Question

inside js function I'm receiving event as parameter, how do you get the value of the event target?

function myFn(event){
    ...
    close: function(event){
        var myVal = ... 
        /// should grab from 
        /// event-> arguments -> [0]->target -> property value painted in yellow (abc)        
    }
}

Answer 1

This will work:

(<HTMLInputElement>event.target).value

or

event.target as HtmlInputlement

Answer 2

Try:

var myVal = event.target.value;