JavaScript IIF like statement

Question

Coming from VB  JavaScript isn t very easy to get the hang of  Please don t be negative  I ve tried and searched loads but with no luck  BTW  I m creating a dropdown control initialized from a Select option list in JS   Dummy code   var col    tardis    var x     lt option value      col      gt Very roomy lt  option gt       I would like to add selected after the value of col ONLY if col is equal to  screwdriver    I ve tried using the IF statement with the   and the   but can t seem to get my head around it  Having    as the false value does not work  No items are selected and the list is blank  Remove the IF statement and all works   Any ideas and again  sorry for the newb-ness

User · Answer

If your end goal is to add elements to your page, just manipulate the DOM directly. Don't use string concatenation to try to create HTML - what a pain! See how much more straightforward it is to just create your element, instead of the HTML that represents your element:

var x = document.createElement("option");
x.value = col;
x.text = "Very roomy";
x.selected = col == "screwdriver";

Then, later when you put the element in your page, instead of setting the innerHTML of the parent element, call appendChild():

mySelectElement.appendChild(x);

User · Answer

lt option value      col         col      screwdriver      selected            gt Very roomy lt  option gt

User · Answer

var x     lt option value      col       if  col     screwdriver   x      selected   x      gt Very roomy lt  option gt

User · Answer

Something like this   for     stuff           var x     lt option value      col                   col      screwdriver     selected                    gt Very roomy lt  option gt           snip

User · Answer

I typed this in my URL bar   javascript   var col    screwdriver   var x     lt option value      col           col     screwdriver       selected            gt Very roomy lt  option gt    alert x

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