Question

Coming from VB, JavaScript isn’t very easy to get the hang of. Please don’t be negative, I’ve tried and searched loads but with no luck. BTW, I’m creating a dropdown control initialized from a Select option list in JS.

Dummy code:

var col = 'tardis'; 
var x = '<option value="' + col + '">Very roomy</option>');

I would like to add selected after the value of col ONLY if col is equal to ‘screwdriver’.

I’ve tried using the IF statement with the ? and the : but can’t seem to get my head around it. Having ” as the false value does not work. No items are selected and the list is blank. Remove the IF statement and all works.

Any ideas and again, sorry for the newb-ness.

Answer 1

'<option value="' + col + '"'+ (col === "screwdriver" ? " selected " : "") +'>Very roomy</option>';