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Dec 30.2007

I have a simple select tag on a form

<select name=”req” id=”req’ >
<option value=”1″>James Young</option>
<option value=”2″>Kebu Steward</option>
<option value=”3″>Randy Clarke</option>
</select>

How can I capture the text of the selected item.
example suppose “Kebu Steward” was selected by the user

how could I capture “Kebu Steward” in one value then break it into two
values
var f_name = Kebu
var l_name = Steward

This is my first time with such and issue and I don’t know how to approach the problem.

Thanks

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@zoltankisDec 30.2007 — mylist=document.getElementById("req")
FullName=mylist.options[mylist.selectedIndex].text
fName=FullName.substr(0,FullName.indexOf(" "))
lName=FullName.substr(1+FullName.indexOf(" "))

Note: there is an error in your code:

id="req' is illegal, on the left there is a double qoute, right parenthesis is a single qoute.

You may use any of them, but not both in that way.
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@cedtech31authorDec 30.2007 — thanks worked like a charm
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