Get Selected value from dropdown using JavaScript [duplicate]
Maybe it's the comma in your if condition.
function answers() {var answer=document.getElementById("mySelect"); if(answer[answer.selectedIndex].value == "To measure time.") { alert("That's correct!"); }}You can also write it like this.
function answers(){ document.getElementById("mySelect").value!="To measure time."||(alert('That's correct!'))}
Try
var e = document.getElementById("mySelect");var selectedOp = e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;
The first thing i noticed is that you have a semi colon just after your closing bracket for your if statement );
You should also try and clean up your if statement by declaring a variable for the answer separately.
function answers() {var select = document.getElementById("mySelect");var answer = select.options[select.selectedIndex].value; if(answer == "To measure time"){ alert("Thats correct"); }}