how to get people picker text using javascript

Question

I want to compare text of 2 people picker which are on same form.how to do it using JavaScript or Jquery. I have already gone through so many blogs but they are not providing the exact solution that i want.

Answer 1

You can use a Sharepoint function to do it that is called GetPickerControlValue. You'll need to known the HTML ID of the both fields. Then just use GetPickerControlValue("ID_of_the_UserField", false, false) to get the value.

Answer 2

SPUtility.js is free javascript library which does this very well.

Example

You need to add the js reference in your master page.

// Get the field
var peopleField = SPUtility.GetSPField('Assigned To'); 
//here "assigned to" is field name

spservices.js also supports this. Example

var salesRep = $().SPFindPeoplePicker({
    peoplePickerDisplayName: "Column Display Name"    
}); 

Let me know if you need more help.