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Thanks Zyloch,<br />
<br />
But I'm now getting [object HTMLOptionElement]<br />
<br />
Implemented exactly as you specified.
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Thanks Zyloch,

But I'm now getting [object HTMLOptionElement]

Implemented exactly as you specified.

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try this <br />
function updateMonth(sel) {<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; alert(sel.options[sel.sele<wbr />ctedIndex]<wbr />.value);<br />
}
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try this
function updateMonth(sel) {
    alert(sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value);
}

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That's right. I can't believe I forgot the value attribute, thanks for the save.
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That's right. I can't believe I forgot the value attribute, thanks for the save.

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that is fine , but got no points anyway.
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I'm trying to get the value of the selected option when a drop down is changed like so;<br />
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&lt;select name=&quot;months&quot; id=&quot;months&quot; onchange=&quot;updateMonth();&quot;&gt;<wbr /><br />
<br />
However when I change the drop down, the alert says &quot;Undefined&quot; &nbsp;where it's meant to say &quot;January&quot;<br />
<br />
Can someone tell me where I'm going wrong?<br />

<pre><code id="code-7725">function updateMonth() {
	var opIndex = document.book.months.selectedIndex;
	var opValue = new Array(document.book.months.Options);
	alert (opValue[opIndex]);
}
</code></pre>
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I'm trying to get the value of the selected option when a drop down is changed like so;

<select name="months" id="months" onchange="updateMonth();">

However when I change the drop down, the alert says "Undefined"  where it's meant to say "January"

Can someone tell me where I'm going wrong?

Getting value of selected option in Java Script

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