Get value of an input type Range

Question

I have this code:

<p class="slider1">Your approximate total debt: 
  <output name="slider_output1" id="slider_output1" for="form_slider1">0</output><br>                                                   
  <input type="range" class="form_slider1" name="form_slider1" id="form_slider1"
   value="0" min="0" max="60000" step="100" 
   oninput="slider_output1.value=form_slider1.value" 
   onchange="slider_output1.value=value"/>  
                                                                                                                                                           
</p>

I need to get the range/slider value for condition statement. I tried using jQuery:

var slider1 = $("form_slider1").val();

but I got "undefined" when I alert the value.

alert(slider1);

Thank you guys in advance!

Answer 1

try this

var slider1 = $(".form_slider1").val();