2. function valEmail(selname) {
3.     $('form.cd-form input[name^="email"]').each(function(selname) {
4.       if (inputck == 1) {return;}
5.       if (typeof selname === "undefined") {var email = $(this)}
6.       else {var email = $('form.cd-form input[name=selname]'); console.log('Inside Defined'); inputck = 1}
7.       console.log('Email: ' + email);
8.       console.log('Email val: ' + email.val());
9.       var elen = email.val().length;
10.     });  
11.   }

With this html:

2. <form class="cd-form otherclass">
3.   <fieldset>
4. <div class="icon">
5.  <label class="cd-label" for="email-">Email</label>
6.  <input class="email" type="email" name="email-" required>
7. </div>
8.        ... other inputs
9.   </fieldset>
10. </form>

When valEmail(selname) called, I get:

Email:  object Object 

Email val: undefined

So why is value undefined - how do I get it?  I've verified selname is "email-"

Thanks.