I want to get the type of element, that I've got selected using jQuery selectors.

Markup:

<select name=a></select>

<input name=b type=text />

<textarea name=c></textarea>

Javascript:

var field_names = new Array(

    'a',

    'b',

    'c'

);



for(var i = 0; i < field_names.length; i++) {

    var field = $('[name=' + required_fields[i] + ']:visible');



    // ?????

    // What do I write here to get one of those outputs:

    //    Element with name a is <select>

    //    Element with name b is <input>

    //    Element with name c is <textarea>



    alert('Element with name ' + required_fields[i] + ' is ' + element_type);

}