Is it posible to get all the values of the text boxes with the same name?

I have a doubt in javascript. Is it posible to get the values of text boxes with the same name ?

for example

<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="inputbox" VALUE="">
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="inputbox" VALUE="">

these text boxes have same name, how can i get its values by name ?

OK, lemme come to the real problem i got, hope am explaining correctly.

I have a series of text boxes which i gotta validate now. Its not a big deal to validate textboxe normally.

But this is an array of text boxes where the id of the text boxes will be available only when the fields are added dynamically by clicking on the + button. when the press button is clicked the whole set of text boxes will appear. as many times its clicked, it will get added.

So its imposible to get the values to validate with the ID, so i tried by name.

JAVASCRIPT FUNCTION

function insComep()
    {

    // $("#doctorPri").validationEngine("updatePromptsPosition")  
// jQuery("#doctorPri").validationEngine('attach', {promptPosition : "topRight"});

        rl=document.getElementById("compeTable").rows.length;
        var a=document.getElementById("compeTable").insertRow(rl);

        var g=a.insertCell(0);
        var f=a.insertCell(1);  
        var m=a.insertCell(2);  
        var n=a.insertCell(3);  
        var o=a.insertCell(4);  
        var p=a.insertCell(5);
        var q=a.insertCell(6);
        var r=a.insertCell(7);
        var s=a.insertCell(8);
        var t=a.insertCell(9);
        //var v=a.insertCel1l(11);
        //var u=a.insertCell(12);
g.innerHTML='<select name="competproduct[]" style="width:86px" id="comp开发者_运维问答etproduct'+rl+'" class="validate[required]" ><option value="">--Select--</option><?echo $product_str;?></select>';
f.innerHTML='<input type="text" name="competcompany[]" id="competcompany'+rl+'" size="10" class="validate[required]" >';
m.innerHTML='<input type="text" name="competbrand[]" id="competbrand'+rl+'" size="10" class="validate[required]" >';
n.innerHTML='<input type="text" name="competdrug[]" id="competdrug'+rl+'" size="10" class="validate[required]" >';
o.innerHTML='<input type="text" name="competquty[]" id="competquty'+rl+'" size="2" class="validate[required,custom[integer]] text-input" >';
p.innerHTML='<input type="text" name="competprice_frm[]" id="competprice_frm'+rl+'" size="2" class="validate[required,custom[number],funcCall[getPriceFromE]] text-input" />';
q.innerHTML='<input type="text" name="competprice_to[]" id="competprice_to'+rl+'" size="2" class="validate[required,custom[number],funcCall[getPriceTo]] text-input" />';
r.innerHTML='<input type="text" name="competmrp[]" id="competmrp'+rl+'" size="2" class="validate[required,custom[number],funcCall[getMrp]] text-input"/>';
s.innerHTML='<select name="ChemistParma[]" style="width:86px" id="ChemistParma'+rl+'" style="width:86px" ><option value="">--Select--</option><?echo $chemist_str;?></select>'; 
t.innerHTML='<img src="media/images/details_close.png" onClick="delCompe('+rl+'); "/>';
// jQuery("#doctorPri").validationEngine('attach', {promptPosition : "topRight"});


     $("#doctorPri").validationEngine('hideAll');
    }

HTML

<table width="100%" id='compeTable' border='0' style='margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;margin-top:40px;' >


<tr style="border-bottom:1px solid #999999;"><td colspan='4'>
<div style="background:;padding:3px;text-align:left; ">
    <font color='black'><strong  >Competitor Detail(s):</strong></font><font color="red">*</font>
</div>

</td></tr>



        <tr>
        <td>Product Name:<font color="red">*</font></td>
<td>Company Name:<font color="red">*</font></td>
<td>Brand Name:<font color="red">*</font></td>
<td>Drug Name:<font color="red">*</font></td> 
<td> Quantity:<font color="red">*</font></td>
<td>Pricefrom Dist:<font color="red">*</font></td>
<td   >Price to Dist:<font color="red">*</font></td>
<td> MRP:<font color="red">*</font></td>
<td>Chemist<font color="red">*</font><input type='button'value='+' style='width:1px' style='width:1px'  onclick='frame5()'/> 
</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr><td>&nbsp;</td></tr>


            <tr>


                    <td>
                    <select name='competproduct[]' id='competproduct' style="width:86px" class="validate[required]" >
                    <option value=''>-select Product-</option>
                    <? echo $product_str;?>

                    </select>
                </td>

                <td>
                    <input type="text" name="competcompany[]"  id="competcompany" size="10" class="validate[required]" >
                </td>
                <td   ><input type="text" name="competbrand[]" id="competbrand" size="10" class="validate[required]" >
                </td>
                <td><input type="text" name="competdrug[]" id="competdrug" size="10" class="validate[required]" >
                </td>
                <td><input type="text" name="competquty[]"  id="competquty" size="2" class="validate[required,custom[integer]] text-input" >
                </td>
                <td>
<input type="text" name="competprice_frm[]" id="competprice_frm" size="2" class="validate[required,custom[number],funcCall[getPriceFromE]] text-input" />

                </td>
                <td>
                <input type="text" name="competprice_to[]" id="competprice_to" size="2" class="validate[required,custom[number],funcCall[getPriceTo]] text-input" />
                </td>
                <td><input type="text" name="competmrp[]" id="competmrp" size="2" class="validate[required,custom[number],funcCall[getMrp]] text-input" onBlur=''/>
                </td>
<td>
<select name='ChemistParma[]' id='ChemistParma'  style="width:86px">
<option value=''>-select chemict-</option>
<?echo $chemist_str?>
</select></td>
<td>
<img src="media/images/details_open.png" onClick="insComep()"/>
</td>

                </tr>
        </table>

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It's quite simple,

document.getElementsByName("inputBox");

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You can use a multitude of different methods.

1) Manual traversal of childNodes etc, and checking for nodeName. This is pretty involved and requires a lot of boring code, so I won't write an example of that here.

2) document.getElementsByTagName. This can also be used on DOM nodes, so you can do something like document.getElementById("my_form").getElementsByTagName("input"), depending on how the rest of the DOM looks of course.

3) document.querySelectorAll("input"). The string argument is a full CSS selector. Some older browsers doesn't support this though.

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Here is example for you with your code:

<div id="inputs">
    <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="inputbox" VALUE="asd">
    <INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="inputbox" VALUE="efs">
</div>

<script>
    $(document).ready(function () {  
        var howmany = $('#inputs').children("input").length;
        alert(howmany);

        for( i=0; i<= howmany-1; i++ ) {
            var input = $("#inputs").children("input").eq(i).attr('VALUE');
            alert(input);
        }
    });
</script>