getting the value of a selected index

I have a form with three select fields. Each of the options has a value, which is a price. How do I have javascript read the values of the three selected options? I want it to read them and total the prices.
TIA,
Ben

price1 = form.elements[0].options[0].value
price2 = form.elements[0].options[1].value
price3 = form.elements[0].options[2].value
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price5 = form.elements[1].options[1].value
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price9 = form.elements[2].options[2].value

You will need to adjust the array index of elements to match your form. The index is assigned by how the elements appear in the code, not on the form. Or you can replace elements[x] with the name of the element if you gave it one. Each of the three select fields will have however many options you assign accessed by options[x] starting with options[0].

Russ

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by FerretComp:
I have a form with three select fields. Each of the options has a value, which is a price. How do I have javascript read the values of the three selected options? I want it to read them and total the prices.
TIA,
Ben[/quote]

Is there a way to get the value for the option the user has selected?
Ben

To get the value that the user selects from the selectbox you can do it like this:

price = document.formname.selectboxname.options[document.formname.selectboxname.selectedIndex].value;

Spookster

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Thanks, that really cleans up my code a lot.

You can even shorten that down by using a variable:

theForm = document.formname.selectboxname
price = theForm.options[theForm.selectedIndex].value;

Spookster

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