Selecting dropdown value using javascript

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If you have a select element that looks like this: <select id="ddlViewBy"> <option value="1">test1</option> <option value="2" selected="selected">test2</option> <option value="3">test3</option> </select> Running this code: var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy"); var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value; Would make strUser be 2. If what you actually want is test2, then do this: var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy"); var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;