Why not just escape(selected.value) the "improperly" encoded value to
convert the "&" to "&"?


On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:07:25 -0400, Scott Reston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've got a <select> form element that contains values that include escaped 
> ampersands. eg,
> <select>
> <option value="This &amp; That">This &amp; That</option>
> </select>
> 
> I'm finding that when I use javascript to get the value of the (selected index of 
> the) field, the value that javascript gets has the &, not &amp;
> 
> My character set for the form is ISO-8859-1.
> 
> I'm using the form input on another page and want to stay XHTML... Does anyone have 
> any insight into why I wouldn't get the whole value and what I can do to remedy the 
> situation?
> 
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