HTML
<div>
male<input type="radio" name="nametest" value="good" checked="checked"/>
female<input type="radio" name="nametest" value="bad" />
</div>
<div>
temp1<input type="checkbox" name="nametest2" value="temp1" checked="checked"/>
temp2<input type="checkbox" name="nametest2" value="temp2" />
</div>
JS
function show(){ var temp = document.getElementsByName("nametest"); for (var i = 0, length = temp.length; i < length; i++) { if (temp[i].checked) { alert(temp[i].value); } }; temp = document.getElementsByName("nametest2"); for (var i = 0, length = temp.length; i < length; i++) { if (temp[i].checked) { alert(temp[i].value); } }; }