Just simplify it like: $("#theSelectsID").change(function () { var str = $(this).val(); //or -- var str = this.value; });
On Jun 30, 11:51 pm, "developm...@sdinternet.co.uk" <p...@sdinternet.co.uk> wrote: > If you have a single dropdown list with the id of 'theSelectsID' the > below code should store the selected item into the variable 'str'. > Hope that helps > > $("#theSelectsID").change(function () { > var str = ""; > str = $("#theSelectsID").val(); > });