jQuery .val() not working when setting a variable
<p>If i have an input like so:</p>

<pre><code>&lt;input type="text" id="textvalue" /&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>the following code will change its value:</p>

<pre><code>$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#textvalue').val("hello");
});
</code></pre>

<p>however the following will not work:</p>

<pre><code>$(document).ready(function() {
    var = "hello";
    $('#textvalue').val(var);
});
</code></pre>

<p>Why does the second one not work? I need to be able to change the value of the textbox to the value of a variable</p>
