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Feb 18.2009

Could anyone tell me what could be the problem with using this line of code:

[CODE]
<script type=”text/javascript”>
[COLOR=”Blue”]var the_select1 = document.getElementById(“type_socks”);
var sock_selection1 = the_select1.options[the_select1.selectedIndex].value;[/COLOR]

function someThing(){

something that references the select value…

}

</script>
[/CODE]

The object is being called in the global scope and I keep getting ‘null’ and ‘undefined’ values out of error console and firebug…what could possibly be the issues here?

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@astupidnameFeb 18.2009 — Try:

var sock_selection1 = the_select1.options[the_select1.[COLOR="Red"]options[/COLOR].selectedIndex].value;
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@banksworld1986authorFeb 18.2009 — Try:

var sock_selection1 = the_select1.options[the_select1.[COLOR="Red"]options[/COLOR].selectedIndex].value;[/QUOTE]

Okay, I tried that and I also tried window.onload...it looks something like:

[CODE]
<script type="text/javascript">

window.onload = function(){
the_div = document.getElementById("the_errors");
the_select1 = document.getElementById("type_socks");
sock_selection1 = the_select1.options[the_select1.selectedIndex].value;
the_select2 = document.getElementById("type_polish");
polish_selection1 = the_select2.options[the_select2.selectedIndex].value;
the_select3 = document.getElementById("sock_sel");
sock_selection2 = the_select3.options[the_select3.selectedIndex].value;
the_select4 = document.getElementById("polish_sel");
polish_selection2 = the_select4.options[the_select4.selectedIndex].value;
}

function someThing{

something that references the select tag values
}
</script>
[/CODE]

and Firebug as it steps through the code is giving me "" values for the select values...?...even though something is selected and the html looks like: <select><option value="something">...</option></select>..this is pretty frustrating...:rolleyes:
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@banksworld1986authorFeb 18.2009 — Try:

var sock_selection1 = the_select1.options[the_select1.[COLOR="Red"]options[/COLOR].selectedIndex].value;[/QUOTE]

Okay...

I solved it...

I used [CODE]
var sock_selection1 = the_select1.options[the_select1.selectedIndex].[COLOR="Blue"]innerHTML[/COLOR]...
[/CODE]

Thanks
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