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> **Possible Duplicate:**  
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> [jQuery get input value after keypress](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8795283/jquery-get-input-value-after-keypress) 
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I'm trying to get an `input text` value on `jQuery` `.keypress()` function. I've seen various examples with keypress and keydown, but not dedicated on getting the input value.
Is it possible?

```
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#my_field").keydown (function (e) {
        alert (e);
    });
});

```

The returned object has a series of properties but I haven't seen something for value input field attribute.

Is there some way to get it?