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Dhaval Goti
Dhaval Goti

Reputation: 457

How to get value of <select> at server side in java

I have below code in one of my JSP.

<select name="item" id="item">
<option value="val1">One</option>
<option value="val2">Two</option>
<option value="val3">Three</option> 
</select>

I know that I can get the value of <select> by using request.getParamter("item"). At server side, I received val1/val2/val3 based on the option selected.

But at server side, I want to get One/Two/Three based on the option selected.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 363

Answers (1)

Sandesh Gupta
Sandesh Gupta

Reputation: 1195

You can't access the text value in server side. If you still want both the value and text to be read in server side, alter the value so that it contains both text and value

<select name="item" id="item">
    <option value="val1:One">One</option>
</select>

After you get the value, you can split the value to obtain both.

String selected[] = request.getParameter("item").split(":");
String selectedValue = selected[0];
String selectedText = selected[1];

Upvotes: 1

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