Why is my output undefined

Question

I can't seem to figure this out. I am getting an undefined instead of philadelphia output on this script.

<center>
<form NAME="logform">
<select SIZE="1" NAME="store">
<option name='Philadelphia' id ='Joe Smith' value='[email protected]'>Philadelphia</option>
</select>
<br><br>
<input LANGUAGE="JavaScript" TYPE="button" VALUE="Send email"
ONCLICK="location.href = &quot;mailto:&quot; +
document.logform.store.options
[document.logform.store.selectedIndex].
value + &quot;?subject=I would like to buy the &quot; +
document.logform.store.options
[document.logform.store.selectedIndex].
name + &quot; location &quot;"
NAME="Send email">
</form>
</center>

Thanks for the help.

I'm still new to JS sorry but any help is appreciated I am able to call the value but not the name. — hyperj123
– hyperj123, Commented Feb 9, 2015 at 12:47

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:33:29Z

1

Instead of:

document.logform.store.options[document.logform.store.selectedIndex].name

Use:

document.logform.store.options[document.logform.store.selectedIndex].text

Notice that just .name at the end was replaced by .text.

Working Code Snippet:

<center>
<form NAME="logform">
<select SIZE="1" NAME="store">
<option name='Philadelphia' id ='Joe Smith' value='[email protected]'>Philadelphia</option>
</select>
<br><br>
<input LANGUAGE="JavaScript" TYPE="button" VALUE="Send email"
ONCLICK="location.href = &quot;mailto:&quot; +
document.logform.store.options
[document.logform.store.selectedIndex].
value + &quot;?subject=I would like to buy the &quot; +
document.logform.store.options[document.logform.store.selectedIndex].text + &quot; location &quot;"
NAME="Send email">
</form>
</center>

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edited May 23, 2017 at 10:33

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answered Feb 9, 2015 at 12:47

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2 Comments

hyperj123 Over a year ago

Thank you! I will be accepting your answer as soon as it lets me. May I ask why it needs to be .text instead of .name?

Rahul Desai Over a year ago

@hyperj123 If you check the MDN documentation for <option>, name is not a valid attribute of <option>. So, to get the option text, they have provided .text.

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