jQuery get values from inputs and create an array

Question

I have many inputs on a page. I want to create an associative array with each input's name and value using jQuery. I've tried:

<input class="activeInput" type="text" name="key1" value="red"> <input class="activeInput" type="text" name="key3" value="France">  inputValues = $('.activeInput').val(); 

EDIT - Thanks to the insightful comments, it seems maybe creating an object is a better way to go. Any suggestions on how to create an object instead?

Answer 1

You can use .each() to iterate over the elements and add the names and values to a map (a plain object) like this:

var map = {}; $(".activeInput").each(function() {     map[$(this).attr("name")] = $(this).val(); });  alert(map.key1); // "red" 

See it in action.