Question

I want to retrieve group text of my drop down in variable and then assign to a textbox named “txtRegion”

<select id="cmbCity" name="cmbCity" multiple="multiple">
      <option group='Andaman & Nicobar Islands|NORTH' value='1' >Port Blair</option>
</select>

I have tried following code but doesnt seem to be work

$("#cmbCity").change(function() {
    var n = $("#cmbCity").attr('group').text();
    alert(n);
});

Answer 1

$("#cmbCity").change(function() {
    var n = $("#cmbCity option").attr('group');
    alert(n);
});