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John Smith
John Smith

Reputation: 1687

Convert the contents of a drop-down box and store them in a variable

This may seem easy to the experts out there,

But, how can I go about converting the contents of a drop down (select box) and store them into a comma separated var?

[DROP DOWN]
abdcef1
ghijklm2
nopqrs3
tuvwx4
yz0007

expected result:

var x = abdcef1,ghijklm2,nopqrs3,tuvwx4,yz0007

Much thanks and appreciation for all your help and support.

Cheers,

Jay

Upvotes: 1

Views: 825

Answers (2)

GeorgeVremescu
GeorgeVremescu

Reputation: 1253

try:

<script>
function getSelectedValues() {
  var result = "";
  var mysel = document.getElementById("myselect");

  for (var i = 0; i < mysel.options.length ; i++) {
    result = result + mysel.options[i].text + ",";
  }

  result = result.substring(0,result.length-1);

  return result;
}</script>

where

<select id="myselect">
  <option value="abdcef1">abdcef1</option>
  <option value="ghijklm2">ghijklm2</option>
  <option value="nopqrs3">nopqrs3</option>
  <option value="tuvwx4">tuvwx4</option>
  <option value="yz0007">yz0007</option>
</select>

Upvotes: 1

dimusic
dimusic

Reputation: 4133

using jQuery:

var options = [];
$('select#dropdown option').each(function(){
  options.push($(this).val());
});
options.join(", ");

Upvotes: 0

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