updating variable with dropdown item selected

[Hungoverhippie]

Hello, This seems so simple but I cant figure it out for the life of me, I have a dropdown option list with 1-50 in it and I would like to update a variable named zQty with which number in the dropdown was selected by the user so I can use it when I am ready.

Thanks and sorry if this is a dumb question I am newer to Jscript.

Thanks!
HOH

 

[tsuji]

>I would like to update a variable named zQty with which number in the dropdown was selected by the user...

Maybe with some hidden requirement? otherwise, it is simply this?
[tt] sQty=document.formname.selectname.value[/tt]
Here the value attribute of each option should correlate closely with the text attribute appeared for user's consumption, even exactly the same 1,2,... etc for the quantity selected.

Synchronization is done with that line appearing in the onchange handler of the select-tag element. If initialization is also needed, it also appears in the onload event.