You'd have to set a variable with a scope that both functions can access. For your case, you probably just set a global variable.
'var' sets a variable. var my_val = ''; $('select').change(function() { $('select option:selected').each(function() { my_val = $(this).val(); // remove the 'var' here });//end each });//end change $('#my_submit').submit(function() { var action = $('form').attr('action'); // How do I get my_val variable into here?? $('form').attr('action', action + 'new_parm=' + my_val); On Aug 12, 2:04 pm, Nic Hubbard <nnhubb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks James for that tip. > > Still looking for how to pass a var from one event function to > another... > > On Aug 12, 4:28 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to do with the change() > > function... > > You know you can get the value of a select just with val(). You don't > > have to loop through each option to find which is selected. > > > <select id="mySelect"> > > <option value="1">1</option> > > <option value="2">2</option> > > </select> > > > var myVal = $("#mySelect").val(); // 1 or 2 > > > On Aug 12, 1:18 pm, Nic Hubbard <nnhubb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am confused about how to do this the right way. > > > > I have a change event which grabs the value of the selected option > > > list and sets that as a var. But, I would like to add that to the end > > > of my post string when I submit the form, how would I do this? > > > > $('select').change(function() { > > > > $('select option:selected').each(function() { > > > > var my_val = $(this).val(); > > > > });//end each > > > > });//end change > > > > $('#my_submit').submit(function() { > > > > var action = $('form').attr('action'); > > > // How do I get my_val variable into here?? > > > $('form').attr('action', action + 'new_parm=' + my_val); > > > > }); > >