Picking up label text on input click with jQuery

labelfinder

/*
Take a look at the console http://jsbin.com/onipeq/
*/

$("input").live("click",function(){
    label = findLabel($(this));
    console.log(label);
});
    
function findLabel(/* jQuery Element */ el){
        
   var label = null;
   // lets find a label
   var name = el.attr("name");
   var using_for = $('label[for="'+name+'"]').text();
    
   if(using_for.length > 0){ 
     label = using_for;
   }else{
     // cant find it using for so lets try
     // find closest
     var closest = el.prevAll("label");
     if(closest.text().length > 0){
       label = $.trim(closest.text());
         }else{
      closest = $.trim(el.closest("label").text());
           label = closest;
         }
   }
    
   return label;
}