Problem with Select.Options

[joeoz]

Could someone please show me how to access the value of a select? Here is where I call the function:

<select name=&quot;select1&quot; onChange=&quot;changeTotal(this,this.selectedIndex);&quot;>
<option value&quot;1&quot;>option 1</option>
<option value&quot;2&quot;>option 2</option>
</select>

This is what doesn't work:

function changeTotal(oSelect,nSelectIndex)
{
alert( oSelect.options[nSelectIndex].value );
}

The strange thing is that if I change it to .text at the end it gets the text of the option!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[dwhalen]

Hey man,

I think the problem is that you are misssing an = sign when you assign the value. I added it and it worked so try that.

like this:

<select name=&quot;select1&quot; onChange=&quot;changeTotal(this,this.selectedIndex);&quot;>
<option value=&quot;1&quot;>option 1</option>
<option value=&quot;2&quot;>option 2</option>
</select>

<script>

function changeTotal(oSelect,nSelectIndex)
{
alert( oSelect.options[nSelectIndex].value );
}
</script>


Later

 

[starway]

document.formName.selectName.options[document.formName.selectName.selectedIndex].value

 

[joeoz]

Thanks! I'm such an idiot. I knew it should work. I've done plenty of stuff like this before but I just could not figure it out. Sometimes it's the simple things we overlook.

Everything is right with the world again.