Question

I need to get the name of a select (#Dropdown) when its value is known but can’t seem to get the syntax right. Here’s an example:

$(document).ready(function()
{
   var countrycode = '55';
   var name = $("#Dropdown[value=countrycode]").text();  // fails here
   if(name == 'Germany')
   {..... etc

I can get it to work as follows in a different context when I’m able to use “this”:

var name = $(this[value=countrycode]).text();

… but that’s not available in the first example.

Anyone? Thanks.

Answer 1

You need to look for the option value within the select.

var countrycode = '55';
var name = $("#Dropdown option[value="+countrycode+"]").text();