Why is an object returned?

Question

JavaScript

There is a comment block html

<ul class="messages">
  <li class="message-item">
    <div class="name">12345</div>
    <div class="text" id="7">2 qeqwraweawa</div>
  </li>
  <li class="message-item">
    <div class="name">12345</div>
    <div class="text" id="8">3кукуыкцук</div>
  </li>
  <li class="message-item">
    <div class="name">12345</div>
    <div class="text" id="9">4кукуыкцук</div>
  </li>
  <li>
    <a href="" onclick="return false;" class="answer" style="display: none;">Ответить</a>
    <form action="" method="post" class="form-answer row" style="display: block;">
      <div class="col-md-8">
        <textarea name="text" placeholder="Текст сообщения..." class="text"></textarea>
        <input type="hidden" name="parent_id" id="parent" value="">
      </div>
      <div class="col-md-12">
        <input type="submit" class="submit">
        <a href="" onclick="return false;" class="cancel">Отменить</a>
      </div>
    </form>
  </li>
</ul>

and js

$('.answer').click(function () {
            if( $(this).parent().parent().find('.message-item').length ) { //проверяем наличие комментариев
                var mi_id = $(this).parent().parent().find('.message-item:last').find('.text').val('id'); выбираем id последнего комментария
                $(this).parent().find('#parent').val(mi_id); //изменяет параметр value у hidden инпута
            }
        });

I can't figure out why value is in [object Object], although it should be in 9(last comment id)

Answer 1

In the line after
write
And look what will be displayed.
And even cooler - to master the debugger.

Answer 2

I suspect that you want to pull out text or something like that from some block or inline element. In your case div $('.text') val does not exist. val exists on elements like textarea etc... you need $('.text').text(), secondly read jquery and it's features.... you will someday have a hard task and write a lot of code parent parent parent - use .closest() - this is the closest parent.... So as not to duplicate code....