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using jQuery to get selected value from form

I have a form that has a select field defined like this
The myName[] is like that because there are several repetitions in the sign-up form (the user first defines how many he wants to enter, and then that many forms are generated)
Now I would like to get the selected value using jQuery whenever somethign is selected, but as expected, it won't work: it's trying to get the info from an id, and there's more than one of this id. The result is that it's always getting the content of the first select field with the id it finds. I tried changing the id to a class, but that didn't work.
So how can I get the selected value of the select box that's actually triggering the event?
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#idOfmyName').change(function() {
var naam = $(this).find("option:selected").attr('value');
alert(naam);
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select name="myname[]" id="idOfmyName">
<option value="jack">Jack</option>
<option value="rose">Rose</option>
</select>

Why can't you just use $(this).val(), if you want the selected Element?
But yes, when you've got multiple of the same ID, jQuery will over ever select the first one it finds - Though you do seem to know this; I've changed it to a class in this demo
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.idOfmyName').on('change', function() {
alert($(this).val());
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select name="myname[]" class="idOfmyName">
<option value="jack">Jack</option>
<option value="rose">Rose</option>
</select>
<select name="myname[]" class="idOfmyName">
<option value="harry">Harry</option>
<option value="sally">Sally</option>
</select>
<select name="myname[]" class="idOfmyName">
<option value="edward">Edward </option>
<option value="vivian">Vivian </option>
</select>

for multiple you can do something like this
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select name="myname[]" class="idOfmyName">
<option value="jack">Jack</option>
<option value="rose">Rose</option>
</select>
<select name="myname[]" class="idOfmyName">
<option value="jack">Jack</option>
<option value="rose">Rose</option>
</select>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
var names = [];
$('.idOfmyName').change(function() {
var naam = $(this).find("option:selected").attr('value');
if($.inArray(naam,names)){
names.push(naam);
}
alert(names);
});
});
</script>

Vanilla JavaScript way to get selected value using onchange method
function getSelectedValue(val) {
alert(val);
}
<select name="myname[]" onchange="getSelectedValue(this.value)">
<option value="jack">Jack</option>
<option value="rose">Rose</option>
</select>
<select name="myname[]" onchange="getSelectedValue(this.value)">
<option value="harry">Harry</option>
<option value="sally">Sally</option>
</select>

How to Select Dropdown hidden option with Jquery Selector?

<select class="form-control" id="prodname" name="pname" >
<option value="0" disabled="disabled" selected="selected">-- Select Product --</option>
#{
foreach(var product in (List<tbleProdcutDetail>)ViewBag.productlist)
{
<option value="#product.Id">#product.Product_Name</option>
<option hidden>#product.Quantity</option>
}
}
</select>
I want to select this option.
<option hidden>#product.Quantity</option>
I have tried this selector but could not get text.
var productunitprice = $("#prodname option").find("hidden").text();

You can use var text = $("option:selected",this).next().text() Example below.
$("#prodname").change(function() {
var text = $("option:selected",this).next().text()
console.log(text)
})
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id="prodname">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option hidden>1.1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option hidden>2.2</option>
</select>

As an alternative to adding many unused and hidden options.
You can add the unit price to the relevant option directly using a data attribute for example data-unit-price.
foreach(var product in (List<tbleProdcutDetail>)ViewBag.productlist)
{
<option value="#product.Id" data-unit-price="#product.Quantity">#product.Product_Name</option>
}
Then simply read it from the selected option. In my humble opinion it is cleaner and doesn't use additional hidden option elements as storage for data belonging to other options.
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#prodname").change(function() {
var productunitprice = $("option:selected", this).data('unitPrice')
console.log(productunitprice)
})
})
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select class="form-control" id="prodname" name="pname">
<option value="1" data-unit-price="5.25">product 45</option>
<option value="2" data-unit-price="12.99">product 94</option>
</select>

Get DropDown value using its name in JQuery

I have these SELECTs in my page
<select id="select_status_id44" name="select_status_id[44]" class="inputbox" id = "status_id_44">
<option value="1">Pending</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">Confirmed</option>
<option value="3">Cancelled</option>
<option value="4">Refunded</option>
<option value="5">Shipped</option>
<option value="6">Paid</option>
<option value="7">Complete</option>
</select>
And also this one
<select id="select_status_id78" name="select_status_id[78]" class="inputbox" id = "status_id_44">
<option value="1">Pending</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">Confirmed</option>
<option value="3">Cancelled</option>
<option value="4">Refunded</option>
<option value="5">Shipped</option>
<option value="6">Paid</option>
<option value="7">Complete</option>
</select>
I want to do is that whenever any of these two SELECT is CHANGED, it shoul dget the select_status_id[ID] ID inside that tag...
For now I have simply done this but it does not work
$('select[name=select_status_id]').change(function() {
alert('dsada');
});
I know that I should not get using ID attribute because they are different for both ... but NAME attribute is same

Try this way
$('select[name^="select_status_id"]').change(function() {
alert($(this).attr('name').split('[')[1].replace(']',''));
});
DEMO

You can try this on change for each select.
$("#select_status_id44").change(function(){
var val = "select_status_id["+$(this).val()+"]";
$(this).prop("name", val);
console.log(val);
});
UPDATE: Check this Fiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/JayKandari/L8TWN/1

if you can add a data-property to your select
<select data-id-value="42" ..... >
$('select').on('change', function() {
console.log ( $(this).data('id-value') );
});

HTML setting default text on select

I have a select element of the form:
<select id="test" name="test">
<option value="blah">Test1</option>
<option value="blah">Test2</option>
.
<option value="blah">Testn</option>
</select>
I want to display the text "Select a test" as default.
I know the way of doing this is to set a new option
<option selected="selected">Select a test</option>
at the top. But I'm looking for some other way where I don't have to use the tag.
Is it possible through javascript (jQuery will also do)?

I've done this with a dummy entry in the past...
HTML
<select id="test" name="test">
<option value="0">Select an option...</option>
<option value="blah">Test1</option>
<option value="blah">Test2</option>
<option value="blah">Test3</option>
<option value="blah">Test4</option>
<option value="blah">Test5</option>
</select>​
Javascript
​$("#test").on("change", function() {
if ($(this).val() != "0") {
$("option[value=0]", this).remove();
}
});​​​​​​
Here's a working example on jsFiddle...
http://jsfiddle.net/97Bqr/
The "Select an option" option is removed as soon as you select something else.

Here's a plain js solution:
var selecttest = document.querySelector('#test');
selecttest.insertBefore(new Option('select a test'),selecttest.firstChild);
selecttest.selectedIndex = 0;

jQuery: Get value from multiple fields and show in text field

I have 6 different select boxes and a text field which I need to fetch the value from and combine in to one text field using jQuery.
I understand essentially I will build the value for the targetTextField with a string like this: $('#targetTextField').val(opt1+opt2+opt3+opt4+opt5+opt6+textField);
What do I use to fetch the value of select#options1 and transform that in to opt1?
Would it be along the lines of opt1 = $('select#options1').val(); or am I heading in completely the wrong direction?
I've created a basic jsfiddle with just two options at:
http://jsfiddle.net/e2ScF/2/
jQuery
$(function() {
$("#options").change(function(){
var opt1 = $('select#options').val()
}$('#targetTextField').val(opt1+opt2);
});
$("#options2").change(function(){
var opt2 = $('select#options2').val()
}$('#targetTextField').val(opt1+opt2);
});
});​
HTML
<select id="options">
<option value="" selected>Choose...</option>
<option value="opt1Value1" >Option 1</option>
<option value="opt1Value2" >Option 2</option>
</select>
<select id="options2">
<option value="" selected>Choose...</option>
<option value="opt2Value1" >Option 1</option>
<option value="opt2Value2" >Option 2</option>
</select>
<input type="text" id="targetTextField" name="targetTextField" size="31" tabindex="0" maxlength="99">​
...but it doesn't appear to be working, so I've obviously misunderstood or missed something.

I made this demo for you, hope it helps
http://jsfiddle.net/e2ScF/5/
$(function() {
$("#options").change(function(){
setTarget() ; // Something has changed so lets rebuild the target
});
$("#options2").change(function(){
setTarget();// Something has changed so lets rebuild the target
});
});
// Just get the values you want and update the target
function setTarget(){
var tmp = $("#options").val();
tmp += $("#options2").val();
$('#targetTextField').val(tmp);
}
​

for dropdown try following
$('select option:selected').text()

have a look at this it should hopefully give you a pointer in what you need to do.
you can change the name to be a class and then just provide your format you want to display in the input. but from your question in presume it should be about that.

If you have different id for select box
var toalopt=$('select option1:selected').text();
toalopt+=$('select option2:selected').text();
toalopt+=$('select option3:selected').text();
toalopt+=$('select option4:selected').text();
toalopt+=$('select option5:selected').text();
toalopt+=$('select option6:selected').text();
document.getElementById('id where you want to club data').innerHTML=toalopt;
If you have same id
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#optionvalue).click(function(){
var values ='';
$('select[name="sameid"]').each(function(index,item){
values +=$(item).val() +' ';
});
$('id where you want to club data').val(values);
});
});
HTml will be normal select tag with id.

First of all, add a class to each of your select elements to better identify them as a group:
<select id="options" class="auto-updater">
<option value="" selected>Choose...</option>
<option value="opt1Value1" >Option 1</option>
<option value="opt1Value2" >Option 2</option>
</select>
<select id="options2" class="auto-updater">
<option value="" selected>Choose...</option>
<option value="opt2Value1" >Option 1</option>
<option value="opt2Value2" >Option 2</option>
</select>
<input type="text" id="targetTextField" name="targetTextField" size="31" tabindex="0" maxlength="99">
Then in jQuery, you can use map() to create an array of the values and display them:
$(".auto-updater").change(function() {
var values = $(".auto-updater").map(function() {
return ($(this).val() == "") ? null : $(this).val(); // ignore default option select
// return $(this).val(); // include all values
}).get();
$("#targetTextField").val(values.join(','));
});
Example fiddle
You can see that I've set this up to ignore select elements which are left on their default value. If you uncomment the line beneath it will include all selects, regardless of value chosen.

Minimal code required for you as below:
$(function() {
$("select").change(function(){
var opts=$('option:selected').val();
var oldVal=$('#targetTextField').val();
$('#targetTextField').val(oldVal+opts);
});
});​
Find the jsfiddle demo here.