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Return the selected option as text in option

   
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function getText(){
    var x=document.getElementById("aSelectControl")
    alert(x.options[x.selectedIndex].text)
}
</script>
</head>

<body>
<form>
Select your favorite language:
<select id="aSelectControl">
  <option>Java</option>
  <option>Perl</option>
  <option>PHP</option>
</select>
<br><br>
<input type="button" onclick="getText()" value="Show text of selected language">
</form>
</body>

</html>








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