Get ListBox Value

[tag2007]

Hi All,
Im new to JS and cant get this right as yet.
Im trying to get the value of a list box and just am not getting it...

No matter what I choose in the list Box the else statment gets carried out

The list box had to options to choose and the valies are 4 or 5

Here is what I have:

var gen=(document.PedigreeForm.txtGenerations.value);

if (gen = 4){return (MyString2);}
else {return (MyString);}

Thanks
Tag

 

[tsdragon]

What do you mean "listbox"? Do you mean a <select> list?



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[tag2007]

Hi Thanks for replying,
Yes i do indeed mean the Select List sorry I usually work with VB and this is the controls name ..

I have just worked this out and needed to get the selected items index and check it..
This seems to have done it..

Thanks again
Tag

if (document.MyForm.txtGenerations.selectedIndex !=0){return (MyString);}
else {return (MyString2);}

 

[cLFlaVA]

.value, while not my preferred method, should work fine.

the issue you had in your first code snippet is this:

if (gen =[red]=[/red] 4){return (MyString2);}
else {return (MyString);}

comparison needs two equals signs.



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[tag2007]

Thank you ,
Yes you are correct and I did have to alter the comparison as it was setting the value with what I had eh!!

Its a muddle trying to learn something new at times eh?
You know what you want to say but dont know how to say it...
LOL

Thank you.
Tag