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    copied!<p>I'm trying to get the selected value from a drop down list via jQuery. I have a bit of javascript that validates a form when I click SEND, to make sure there are no blanks, code is as follows:</p> <pre><code>function formCheckDancer(formobj){ // Enter name of mandatory fields var fieldRequired = Array("dancerStageName", "dancerFullName", "dancerPhone", "dancerEmail", "dancerCountry", "dancerAvailableDate"); // Enter field description to appear in the dialog box var fieldDescription = Array("Stage Name", "Full Name", "Phone Number", "Email Address", "Nationality", "Availability"); // dialog message var alertMsg = "Please complete the following fields:\n"; var l_Msg = alertMsg.length; for (var i = 0; i &lt; fieldRequired.length; i++){ var obj = formobj.elements[fieldRequired[i]]; if (obj){ switch(obj.type){ case "select-one": if (obj.selectedIndex == -1 || obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].text == "" || obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].text == "..."){ alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n"; } break; case "select-multiple": if (obj.selectedIndex == -1){ alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n"; } break; case "text": case "textarea": if (obj.value == "" || obj.value == null){ alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n"; } break; case "checkbox": if (obj.checked == false){ alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n"; } break; default: } if (obj.type == undefined){ var blnchecked = false; for (var j = 0; j &lt; obj.length; j++){ if (obj[j].checked){ blnchecked = true; } } if (!blnchecked){ alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n"; } } } } if (alertMsg.length == l_Msg){ return sendDetailsDancer(); //Send email if all field are populated. return true; }else{ alert(alertMsg); return false; } } function sendDetailsDancer(){ var stagename = $("input[name=dancerStageName]").val(); var fullname = $("input[name=dancerFullName]").val(); var phone = $("input[name=dancerPhone]").val(); var email = $("input[name=dancerEmail]").val(); var nationality = $("#dancerCountry").val(); var availability = $("input[name=dancerAvailableDate]").val(); $("#contact_form_result_dancer").html('&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src="loading.gif" width="32" height="32" /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;'); $("#contact_form_result_dancer").show(); $.post("http://localhost/lapello/wp-content/themes/lapello/sendMailDancer.php", {stagename: stagename, fullname: fullname, phone: phone, email: email, nationality: nationality, availability: availability}, function (data){ $("#contact_form_result_dancer").html(data); }); setTimeout("contactReturnDancer()", 4000); return false; } </code></pre> <p>In this case Nationality is the value I want. As you can see I've tried:</p> <pre><code>var nationality = $("#dancerCountry").val(); </code></pre> <p>which doesn't seem to work. </p> <p>If I put the following alert statement: alert(obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].text); after case "select-one" the correct value is output so I know its being passed correctly. </p> <p>I'm just not sure how to capture it in the sendDetailsDancer function.</p> <p>Any help appreciated.</p> <p>Regards, Stephen</p>
 

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