I have an input mask on my text box like

        000,000,000.00

I have the following jQuery code to check the value of text box before submitting data.

    var txt_box = $('#txt_box').attr('value');

     if(txt_box <= 0 )

But now even if I didn't input any data, the box remains empty with only the input mask, data is submitting.

I have an input mask on my text box like

        000,000,000.00

I have the following jQuery code to check the value of text box before submitting data.

    var txt_box = $('#txt_box').attr('value');

     if(txt_box <= 0 )

But now even if I didn't input any data, the box remains empty with only the input mask, data is submitting.

• javascript
• jquery
• mask

• 18 what an amazing title – Greg Commented Jul 24, 2010 at 9:09
• 5 dear if u leave all this Criticism and reply to question, i should appricate this... – air Commented Jul 24, 2010 at 9:11
• 4 Yeah. Who downvotes this? It's a perfectly fine question. – Pekka Commented Jul 24, 2010 at 9:49
• 2 I fixed the spelling slightly, if it's not what you meant to say feel free to roll back. – Pekka Commented Jul 24, 2010 at 9:52

2 Answers 2

First: Separating floating points with a dot notation is required.

Second: You are checking for equal or less not just less than.

Third: Use parseInt() or parseFloat() to convert that input string into a Number.

Example:

var txt_box = $('#txt_box').attr('value').replace(/,/g, ".");
    if(parseFloat(txt_box) <= 0 )

You use <= instead < Anyway, you should parse value to number too.