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You don't need to put function definitions inside $(...), just put it at top-level just like in your plain JS version. $(...) is for code that needs to run after the DOM is loaded, but you don't need to wait to define functions. It will also call the functions you define there, not just define them.

The jQuery version of getCheckValue() isn't using the parameter, you need to add that.

And selectors for IDs need to begin with #.

Your parameters are backwards. ===, in ruby, is a slightly odd operation because it's not always symmetric - i.e. just because a === b, it's not necessarily true that b === a.

In this case, note that:

One of your test cases is:

Possibly you're missing a quote before the final comma:

Eh.. is this what you want?