get the name property of a selected point in a line chart - Javascript highcharts

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get the name property of a selected point in a line chart

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<html>
   <head> 
      <title>Highcharts Demo</title> 
      <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> 
   </head> 
   <body> 
      <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.1.1.min.js"></script> 
      <script src="https://code.highcharts.com/highcharts.js"></script> 
      <div id="container" style="height: 400px"></div> 
      <button id="button" class="autocompare">Get selected points</button> 
      <script type="text/javascript">
var chart = Highcharts.chart('container', {
    xAxis: {/*  ww w.  jav  a2  s .com*/
        categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
    },
    plotOptions: {
        series: {
            allowPointSelect: true
        }
    },
    series: [{
        data: [{name: 'test1', y: 29.9}, {name: 'test2', y: 71.5}, 106.4, 129.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1, 95.6, 54.4]
    }]
});
$('#button').on('click', function() {
    var chart = $('#container').highcharts();
    var selectedPoints = chart.getSelectedPoints();
    console.log(selectedPoints[0].name);
});

      </script>  
   </body>
</html>

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