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I have created a SharePoint 2010 visual web part. In the page load event of the user control, i am setting the value of an asp.net label. 

<asp:Label ID ="lbMessageIndex" runat="server" Visible="false"></asp:Label>

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {    
           lbMessageIndex.Text = "0";                
        }

I also have a anchor tag with a click event getLabelValues() . In this method, when access the label value using jQuery, empty string value is returned.

function getLabelValues() {
        var index = $('#<%=lbMessageIndex.ClientID%>').text();
        alert(index);
    }

Note - .html() and .val() returns undefined.

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This is because of the Label property Visibility="false". Instead use it as:

<asp:Label ID ="lbMessageIndex" runat="server" style="display:none;"></asp:Label>

then you can use:

    $('[id$="lbMessageIndex"]').html();
              OR
    $('[id*="lbMessageIndex"]').html();

To get the label value.

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The issue was with the visibility. Control was not rendered when visibility was set to false. The fix is hide it using css. display:none

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